Determinants of eosinophil cationic protein in nasal lavages in children

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 300-305

  Wojnarowski, C ^a   Studnicka, M ^b   Kuhr J ^c   Koller, D Y ^a   Haschke, N ^a   Gartner, C ^a   Renz, S ^c   Frischer, T ^a  

^a ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b Center for Pulmonary Disease   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Eosinophil cationic protein; Nasal lavage

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; BLOOD PROTEINS; CHILD; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHINITIS; RIBONUCLEASES; SEX FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0031881432     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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