Sputum eosinophilia predicts benefit from prednisone in smokers with chronic obstructive bronchitis.

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Published in Am J Respir Crit Care Med on November 01, 1998

Authors

E Pizzichini1, M M Pizzichini, P Gibson, K Parameswaran, G J Gleich, L Berman, J Dolovich, F E Hargreave

Author Affiliations

1: Departments of Medicine and Paediatrics, St. Joseph's Hospital and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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