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• 1.   Neutrophils in asthma pathophysiology

  This article reports on the role of neutrophils in asthma, in particular in the young or infantile wheeze group

  

  Abstract:

  Although the role of eosinophils, mast cells, and T cells in asthma has long been recognized, several reports suggest that neutrophils may also be involved. In most studies of people with mild asthma, neutrophil numbers in the airways are not different from controls. However, in severe asthma, including asthma deaths, neutrophils are usually raised. Furthermore, most pediatric studies more...

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  Curr Allergy Asthma Rep, Vol: 3 Page: 159-65 March 2003
  M. Ennis

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