Personalised anti-inflammatory therapy for bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis: selecting patients for controlled trials of neutrophil elastase inhibition

Holly R. Keir, Christopher J. Fong, Megan L. Crichton, Philip Barth, Eric Chevalier, Gill Brady, Gwen Kennedy, Johann Zimmermann, Piet L.B. Bruijnzeel, Alison J. Dicker, James D. Chalmers

Source: ERJ Open Res, 5 (1) 00252-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00252-2018
Journal Issue: February
Disease area: Airway diseases

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