Relationship between il-4 and il-5 mrna expression and disease severity in atopic asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 3 I, 1997, Pages 704-708

  Humbert, Marc ^a   Corrigan, Christopher J ^a   Kimmitt, Patrick ^a   Till, Stephen J ^a   Kay, A Barry ^a   Durham, Stephen R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0030776790     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.156.3.9610033     Document Type: Article

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