Bronchial hyperresponsiveness and analysis of induced sputum cells in Crohn's disease
With the aim of investigating the presence of latent inflammatory process in the lungs of patients with Crohn's disease, 15 patients with Crohn's disease were evaluated by spirometry, the methacholine challenge test, induced sputum, and skin tests for inhaled antigens. Serum IgE, erythrocy...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2005-02-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2005000200007 |