Analyses of asthma severity phenotypes and inflammatory proteins in subjects stratified by sputum granulocytes.

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Published in J Allergy Clin Immunol on April 15, 2010

Authors

Annette T Hastie1, Wendy C Moore, Deborah A Meyers, Penny L Vestal, Huashi Li, Stephen P Peters, Eugene R Bleecker, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Severe Asthma Research Program

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Human Genomics, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA. ahastie@wfubmc.edu

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