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Clinical, functional and inflammatory characteristics in patients with paucigranulocytic stable asthma: Comparison with different sputum phenotypes.
Allergy - 1 Nov 2017
Ntontsi P, Loukides S, Bakakos P, Kostikas K, Papatheodorou G, Papathanassiou E, Hillas G, Koulouris N, Papiris S, Papaioannou A I
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: According to induced sputum cell count, four different asthma phenotypes have been recognized (eosinophilic, neutrophilic, mixed and paucigranulocytic). The aim of this study was to detect functional and inflammatory characteristics of patients with paucigranulocytic asthma. METHODS: A total of 240 asthmatic patients were categorized into the four phenotypes according to cell counts in induced sputum....
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