Dose-response relationship to inhaled endotoxin in normal subjects

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 4 PART I, 1997, Pages 1157-1164

  Michel, Olivier ^a   Nagy, Anne Marie ^b   Schroeven, Marc ^b   Duchateau, Jean ^b   Neve, Jean ^b   Fondu, Pierre ^b   Sergysels, Roger ^b  

^a SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEVER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALAISE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PEROXIDASE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPUTUM; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0030773906     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.156.4.97-02002     Document Type: Article

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