Is the neutrophil the key effector cell in severe asthma?

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作者
Kamath, AV
Pavord, ID
Ruparelia, PR
Chilvers, ER [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Cambridge, Addenbrookes Hosp, Sch Clin Med, Dept Med,Resp Med Div, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, England
[2] Norfolk & Norwich Univ Hosp, Dept Resp Med, Norwich, Norfolk, England
[3] Glenfield Gen Hosp, Inst Lung Hlth, Leicester LE3 9QP, Leics, England
[4] Univ Cambridge, Papworth Hosp, Sch Clin Med, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, England
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英国惠康基金;
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10.1136/thx.2005.043182
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R56 [呼吸系及胸部疾病];
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摘要
The importance of the neutrophil as the dominant inflammatory cell in many of the non-atopic and more severe phenotypes of asthma is now clear.
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