Missing sputum samples are common in asthma intervention studies and successful collection at follow-up is related to improvement in clinical outcomes

Laurits Frøssing, Morten Hvidtfeldt, Alexander Silberbrandt, Asger Sverrild, Celeste Porsbjerg

Source: ERJ Open Res, 8 (1) 00612-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00612-2021
Journal Issue: January

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Laurits Frøssing, Morten Hvidtfeldt, Alexander Silberbrandt, Asger Sverrild, Celeste Porsbjerg. Missing sputum samples are common in asthma intervention studies and successful collection at follow-up is related to improvement in clinical outcomes. ERJ Open Res, 8 (1) 00612-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00612-2021

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