Interleukin-4, interferon-gamma and interleukin-5 in peripheral blood of children with moderate atopic asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1254-1260

  Hoekstra, M O ^a   Hoekstra, Y ^a   De Reus, D ^a   Rutgers, B ^a   Gerritsen, J ^a   Kauffman, H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Eosinophils; IFN ; IL 4; IL 5

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030721986     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1997.tb01169.x     Document Type: Article

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