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Effects of steroid therapy on inflammatory cell subtypes in asthma.
Thorax - 1 May 2010
Cowan Douglas C, Cowan Jan O, Palmay Rochelle, Williamson Avis, Taylor D Robin
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE Airway inflammation in asthma is heterogeneous with different phenotypes. The inflammatory cell phenotype is modified by corticosteroids and smoking. Steroid therapy is beneficial in eosinophilic asthma (EA), but evidence is conflicting regarding non-eosinophilic asthma (NEA). OBJECTIVES To assess the inflammatory cell phenotypes in asthma after eliminating potentially confounding effects; to compare...
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