No signs of activity markers in peripheral blood despite increased bronchial reactivity after repeated low-dose allergen exposure

APMIS

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 293-299

  Roquet, Annika ^a   Lagging, Eva ^a   Ihre, Elisabeth ^a   Van Hage Hamsten, Marianne ^a   Halldén, Gunilla ^a   Härfast, Bengt ^a   Zetterstrom O ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchial hyperreactivity; Challenge; Eosinophil cationic protein; Eosinophils; Low dose allergen; Lymphocyte surface antigen

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; HISTAMINE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NEBULIZER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031888340     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1998.tb01349.x     Document Type: Article

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