The effect of immunotherapy on the serum levels of eosinophil cationic protein in seasonal allergic rhinitis

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 100-105

  Ohashi, Y ^a   Nakai, Y ^a   Kakinoki, Y ^a   Ohno, Y ^a   Okamoto, H ^a   Sakamoto, H ^a   Kato, A ^a   Tanaka, A ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eosinophil cationic protein; Immunotherapy; Seasonal allergic rhinitis

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031401599     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.1997.00861.x     Document Type: Article

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