Oxygen radical production by blood eosinophils is reduced during birch pollen season in allergic patients

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1064-1072

  Woschnagg, C ^b   Rak, S ^a   Venge, P ^b  

^a Central County Hospital   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Chemiluminescence; Eosinophils; Hypodense

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXYGEN RADICAL; SUPEROXIDE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029832511     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00645.x     Document Type: Article

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