Comparison of basophil histamine release, eosinophil cationic protein and non-specific airway responsiveness between mite-sensitive asthmatic and non-asthmatic children and non-allergic controls

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 918-925

  Takeda, K ^a   Shibasaki, M ^a   Imoto, N ^a   Shimakura, Y ^a   Takita, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Asthma; Bronchial hyperresponsiveness; Children; Dermatophagoides farinae; Eosinophil; Eosinophil cationic protein; Histamine release; House dust mites; IgE antibody; RAST

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BASOPHIL; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0029778814     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00627.x     Document Type: Article

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