Comparison between the in vitro cytokine production of mononuclear cells of young asthmatics with and without immunotherapy (IT)

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 943-949

  Van Bever, H P ^a   Vereecke, I F ^a   Bridts, C H ^a   De Clerck, L S ^a   Stevens, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cytokines; IFN ; IL 12; IL 2; IL 4; IL 5; Immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFANT; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MITES;

EID: 0031694702     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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