Eosinophilic cationic protein as a marker of nasal inflammation in patients with cystic fibrosis

Laryngoscope

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1696-1702

  Weber, Alexander ^a,b   Kiefer, Jan ^a   Peters, Silke ^a   Schneider, Markwart ^a   Bargon, Joachim ^a   May, Angelika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Eosinophilic cationic protein; Nasal polyps; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NOSE POLYP; NOSE SECRETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SINUSITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENDOSCOPY; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; NASAL MUCOSA; NASAL POLYPS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; RIBONUCLEASES; SINUSITIS;

EID: 0032829714     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199910000-00027     Document Type: Article

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