Heterogeneity of Bronchitis in Airway Diseases in Tertiary Care Clinical Practice
oleh: Liesel D’silva, Nesreen Hassan, Hong-Yu Wang, Melanie Kjarsgaard, Ann Efthimiadis, Frederick E Hargreave, Parameswaran Nair
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| Diterbitkan: | Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01 |
Deskripsi
BACKGROUND: Sputum cell counts have identified inflammatory subtypes of bronchitis in relatively small numbers of subjects with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic cough in research studies. The prevalence of different subtypes of bronchitis in routine clinical practice, however, has not been reported.