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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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Assessment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder
Viroj Wiwanitkit
Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok 10160, Thailand
| Date of Web Publication | 12-May-2011 |
Correspondence Address:
Viroj Wiwanitkit
Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok 10160
Thailand
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-7406.80758
How to cite this article:
Wiwanitkit V. Assessment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder. J Pharm Bioall Sci 2011;3:316 |
Sir,
I have read the recent publication on metal concentration in soil with great interest. [1] Rathod et al. has reported that, "reversibility in FEV 1 levels or percentage change in FEV 1 and serum IgE levels are promising lab parameters to distinguish these two conditions. [1]" I have some points for discussion. First, there may be some problems in the laboratory analysis. The authors have used the counting under the microscope technique for cell count. This is an out-of-date technique, with high variation. Therefore, the new automated counting technique is implemented for present use. [2] Second, the IgE level may be a response to the parasitic infection or other allergic conditions, which are not ruled out in this study. As the authors note, further researches are required.
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| 1. | Rathod VP, Kapoor P, Pillai KK, Khanam R. Assessment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder in relation to reversibility, IgE, eosinophil, and neutrophil count in a University Teaching Hospital in South Delhi, India. J Pharm Bioallied Sci 2010;2:337-40. 
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| 2. | Bürgi W, Marti HR, Gugler E, Kühni M, Schnell E, Violaki S. Automatic blood smear differentiation using the Coulter Electronics Diff 3-50 system. Schweiz Med Wochenschr 1983;113:1914-5.
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