The inflammatory basis of asthma and its implications for drug treatment

Clinical and Experimental Allergy, Supplement

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1-4

  Holgate, Stephen T ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NEDOCROMIL SODIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CHROMOSOME 11Q; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ASTHMA; ASTHMA, EXERCISE-INDUCED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 0029894627     PISSN: 09602178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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