Cyclosporin A treatment and airways inflammation in corticosteroid- dependent asthma

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 94-98

  Redington, A E ^a,b   Hardinge, F M ^a   Madden, J ^a   Holgate, S T ^a   Howarth, P H ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Biopsy; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Corticosteroids; Cyclosporin A; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; PREDNISOLONE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0031985485     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1998.tb03780.x     Document Type: Article

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