Neutrophilic Bronchial Inflammation Correlates with Clinical and Functional Findings in Patients with Noncystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis

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Correlation between neutrophils % in induced sputum and (a) FEV1, % predicted, (b) residual volume, (c) BSI, and (d) months between diagnosis of bronchiectasis and evaluation in the studied patients. Although these correlations are all statistically significant, the dispersion of the single data point is high.

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