Mite-antigen avoidance can reduce bronchial epithelial shedding in allergic asthmatic children

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 561-567

  Piacentini, G L ^a   Vicentini, L ^a   Mazzi, P ^b   Chilosi, M ^a   Martinati, L ^a   Boner, A L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Istituto Pio XII   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO BORGO ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Environmental control; Epithelial cells; House dust mite

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROVOCATION TEST; SENSITIZATION; SPUTUM EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; CHILD; DUST; ENDOPEPTIDASES; EOSINOPHILS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MITES; SPUTUM;

EID: 0031839272     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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