Relationship between th17-mediated immunity and airway inflammation in childhood neutrophilic asthma

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• who: Qing Wei from the Twenty-eight children with exacerbated asthma and without using any glucocorticoids were recruited from the pediatric department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University (Nanning, Guangxi, China)The subjects had no respiratory infection in the past , weeks. The diagnosis and severity assessment of asthma were performed according to Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines [13]. Spirometry (MasterScreen, JAEGER, Germany) was performed as recommended by the GINA guidelines [13]. Ten healthy children with no respiratory symptoms and normal lung function were recruited as the healthy control group (HC group) (n=10 . . .
  

   

  

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