Serum eosinophil cationic protein, eosinophil protein X and eosinophil peroxidase in relation to pulmonary function in cystic fibrosis

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 241-248

  Koller, D Y ^a   Nilsson, M ^b   Enander, I ^b   Venge, P ^c   Eichler, I ^a  

^a ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Eosinophil granule proteins; Eosinophils; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; PEROXIDASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGILLOSIS, ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; EOSINOPHIL PEROXIDASE; EOSINOPHIL-DERIVED NEUROTOXIN; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG; MALE; PEROXIDASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RIBONUCLEASES;

EID: 0031907675     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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