Transforming growth factor-α and rhinitis

Laryngoscope

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1119-1124

  Lam, Samuel M ^a   Zhu, De Fen ^a   Ahn, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a Surgeons New York ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

allergy; inferior turbinate; nasal polyposis; rhinitis; Transforming growth factor (TGF )

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RHINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL POLYPS; RHINITIS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TURBINATES;

EID: 0032984414     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199907000-00021     Document Type: Article

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