The 'nasal pool'-device for challenge and lavage of the nasal mucosa in children: Histamine-induced plasma exudation responses

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 137-142

  Greiff, Lennart ^a   Meyer, Peter ^a   Svensson, Christer ^a   Persson, Carl G A ^a   Andersson, Morgan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergy; Defence; Human; Inflammation; Paediatric; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; HISTAMINE; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CELL SECRETION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LAVAGE; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE MUCUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031416599     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.1997.tb00167.x     Document Type: Article

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