Effect of natural allergen exposure during the grass pollen season on airways inflammatory cells and asthma symptoms

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 575-581

  Djukanović, Ratko ^a   Feather, Iain ^a   Gratziou, Christina ^a   Walls, Andrew ^a   Peroni, Diego ^a   Bradding, Peter ^a   Judd, Mary ^a   Howarth, Peter H ^a   Holgate, Stephen T ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Inflammation; Pollen

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0029945783     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.6.575     Document Type: Article

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