Suppression of airway inflammation by theophylline in adult bronchial asthma

Respiration

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 124-127

  Horiguchi, Takahiko ^a   Tachikawa, Soichi ^a   Kasahara, Junichi ^a   Doi, Masashi ^a   Shiga, Mamoru ^a   Miyazaki, Junichi ^a   Sasaki, Yasushi ^a   Hirose, Masahiro ^a   Imazu, Moritaka ^a  

^a Fujita Health University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Eosinophil cationic protein; Theolong

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; AIRWAY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION; SPUTUM;

EID: 0032927495     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029353     Document Type: Article

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