Heterogeneity of Bronchitis in Airway Diseases in Tertiary Care Clinical Practice

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,...

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Main Authors: Liesel D’silva, Nesreen Hassan, Hong-Yu Wang, Melanie Kjarsgaard, Ann Efthimiadis, Frederick E Hargreave, Parameswaran Nair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/430317