Similar RANTES levels in healthy and asthmatic airways by immunoassay and in situ hybridization

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1095-1100

  Fahy, J V ^a   Figueroa, D J ^b   Wong, H H ^b   Liu, J T ^b   Abrams, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; RANTES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031001396     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.155.3.9116993     Document Type: Article

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