Kimura's disease associated with bronchial asthma presenting eosinophilia and hyperimmunoglobulinemia E which were attenuated by suplatast tosilate (IPD-1151T)

Internal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1064-1067

  Tsukagoshi, Hideo ^a   Nagashima, Mamiko ^a   Horie, Takeo ^a   Oyama, Tetsunari ^a   Yoshii, Akihiro ^a   Sato, Tetsuro ^a   Iizuka, Kunihiko ^a   Dobashi, Kunio ^a   Mori, Masatomo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergy; Cytokine; Type 2 helper (T(H2)) like T lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; AZELASTINE; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; SUPLATAST TOSYLATE; THEOPHYLLINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG EFFICACY; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA E; KIMURA DISEASE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032469148     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.37.1064     Document Type: Article

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