Sputum induction: risk factors for airway constriction in steroid naive asthmatics

E. Pizzichini, L. Jayaram, P. Hussack, A. Efthimiadis, L. J. Steidle, S. C. Ferreira, P. Moritz, F. E. Hargreave, M. M. M. Pizzichini (Florianópolis-SC, Brazil; Hamilton, Canada)

Source: Annual Congress 2001 - Analyses of airway secretions, biopsies and serum in airway disease
Session: Analyses of airway secretions, biopsies and serum in airway disease
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 2515
Disease area: Airway diseases

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