Effects of ginseng treatment on neutrophil chemiluminescence and immunoglobulin G subclasses in a rat model of chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 882-887

  Song, Zhijun ^a   Kharazmi, Arsalan ^a   Wu, Hong ^a   Faber, Viggo ^a   Moser, Claus ^a   Johansen, Helle Krogh ^a   Rygaard, Jørgen ^b   Høiby, Niels ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b Kommunehospitalet ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GINSENG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031772804     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.5.6.882-887.1998     Document Type: Article

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