Open AccessEvaluation of correlation between airway and serum inflammatory markers in asthmatic patients
Author(s) -
Abolhasan Halvani,
Fatemeh Tahghighi,
Hossein Hadi Nadooshan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.95317
Subject(s) - medicine , airway , asthma , correlation , immunology , anesthesia , geometry , mathematics
Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases all over the world, resulting from a state of persistent sub-acute inflammation of the airways. Beside local inflammation, systemic inflammation is also present, which can be shown by increased levels of C-reactive protein (CRP). One of the most important cells in this disease is eosinophil, and sputum eosinophilia is used for its diagnosis.