Eosinophil expression of transforming growth factor-beta and its receptors in nasal polyposis: Role of the cytokines in this disease process

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 405-411

  Eisma, Roselle J ^a   Allen, Jerilyn S ^a   Lafreniere, Denis ^a   Leonard, Gerald ^a   Kreutzer, Donald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MALE; NOSE POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0030722194     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0709(97)90062-4     Document Type: Article

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