Airway mast-cell activation in asthmatics is associated with selective sputum eosinophilia

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1188-1193

  Bettiol, J ^a   Radermecker, M ^a   Sele, J ^a   Henquet, M ^a   Cataldo, D ^a   Louis, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asthma; Eosinophils; Neutrophils; Sputum; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

TRYPTASE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CHYMASES; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SPUTUM; TRYPTASES;

EID: 0032754013     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.1999.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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