Bronchoalveolar lavage findings suggest two different forms of childhood asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1027-1035

  Stevenson, E C ^a   Turner, G ^a   Heaney, L G ^a   Schock, B C ^a   Taylor, R ^a   Gallagher, T ^b   Ennis, M ^b   Shields, M D ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BELFAST HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airways inflammation; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Childhood asthma; Eosinophils; Mast cells

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFANT; MALE; MAST CELLS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0030863684     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1997.tb01254.x     Document Type: Article

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