Expression of IL-12 and IL-13 mRNA in asthma and their modulation in response to steroid therapy

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 845-851

  Naseer, Tanveer ^b   Minshall, Eleanor M ^b   Leung, Donald Y M ^b   Laberge, Sophie ^b   Ernst, Pierre ^b   Martin, Richard J ^b   Hamid, Qutayba ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030934422     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.155.3.9117015     Document Type: Article

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