Induced Sputum Cellularity

Indices of airway inflammation in induced sputum: reproducibility and validity of cell and fluid-phase measurements.

1996 • 964 citations

Use of induced sputum cell counts to investigate airway inflammation in asthma.

1992 • 923 citations

Cellular and Biochemical Analysis of Induced Sputum from Asthmatic and from Healthy Subjects

1993 • 429 citations

Measurement of inflammatory indices in induced sputum: effects of selection of sputum to minimize salivary contamination

1996 • 294 citations

Repeatability of cellular and soluble markers of inflammation in induced sputum from patients with asthma

1996 • 190 citations

Inhaled corticosteroids reduce neutrophilic bronchial inflammation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1998 • 179 citations

Some technical factors influencing the induction of sputum for cell analysis

1995 • 163 citations

Induced sputum to assess airway inflammation: a study of reproducibility

1997 • 107 citations

Non‐invasive assessment of bronchial inflammation in asthma: no correlation between eosinophilia of induced sputum and bronchial responsiveness to inhaled hypertonic saline

1994 • 107 citations

Role of sputum differential cell count in detecting airway inflammation in patients with chronic bronchial asthma or COPD.

1996 • 103 citations

Changes in sputum composition during sputum induction in healthy and asthmatic subjects

1998 • 96 citations

Do sputum eosinophils and ECP relate to the severity of asthma?

1997 • 63 citations