Th1/Th2 cytokine profiles in the nasopharyngeal lymphoid tissues of children with recurrent otitis media

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-27

  Bernstein, Joel M ^a,b   Xiang, Shunan ^a   Ballow, Mark ^a   O'Neil, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoid; Cytokine; Th1; Th2

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADENOID; ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0006339993     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949810700105     Document Type: Article

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