Elevation of the plasma level of RANTES during asthma attacks

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 100, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Chihara, Junichi ^a   Yasuba, Hirotaka ^b   Tsuda, Akira ^a   Urayama, Osamu ^a   Saito, Norihiro ^a   Honda, Kohei ^a   Kayaba, Hiroyuki ^a   Yamashita, Tetsuji ^d   Kurimoto, Fumihiko ^d   Yamada, Hidekazu ^c  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Takautsuki Red Cross Hospital

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Mitsubishi Bio Clinical Laboratories Inc

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Chemokine; Eosinophils; Platelet factor 4; Platelets; RANTES; thromboglobulin

Indexed keywords

BETA THROMBOGLOBULIN; CHEMOKINE; RANTES; THROMBOCYTE FACTOR 4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MEMORY CELL; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOCYTE;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BETA-THROMBOGLOBULIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANTES; STATUS ASTHMATICUS;

EID: 0031398842     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(97)70005-8     Document Type: Article

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