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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: In the normal subjects there was no difference in cell numbers and differential cell counts in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid between 0400 and 1600 hours, but in the nocturnal asthmatic subjects both eosinophil counts (median 0. 11 x 10 (5) cells/ml at 0400 hours, 0. 05 x 10 (5) cells/ml at 1600 hours) and lymphocyte numbers (0. 06 x 10 (5) cells/ml at 0400 hours, 0. 03 x 10 (5) cells/ml at 1600 hours) increased at 0400 hours, along with an increase in eosinophil cationic protein levels in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (3. 0 micrograms/ml at 0400 hours, 2. 0 micrograms/l at 1600 hours).