Correlation between IgA antibody and eosinophil cationic protein levels in induced sputum from asthmatic patients

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 676-681

  Nahm, D H ^a   Park, H S ^a,b  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Albumin; Asthma; Eosinophil; Eosinophil cationic protien; IgA; Induced sputum

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRANULATION; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALBUMINS; ASTHMA; BLOOD PROTEINS; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; RIBONUCLEASES; SPUTUM;

EID: 0030840851     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1997.tb01196.x     Document Type: Article

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