Low IgG subclass levels in brittle asthma and in patients with exacerbations of asthma associated with respiratory infection

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 464-469

  Ayres, J G ^a   Thompson, R A ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0030850802     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(97)90111-6     Document Type: Article

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