Methods: The peripheral blood lymphocytes and lung function have been studied in 25 patients: 12 affected by atopic asthma and 13 affected by non atopic asthma.
Results: The results obtained indicate that peripheral blood CD3 and CD4 cell as well as HLA-DR marker are higher in the extrinsic asthma group.
Conclusions: These findings confirm that an active inflammatory process exists in the group of non-atopic and functionally more compromised patients.
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