Increased antigen-specific Th-2 response in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) in patients with cystic fibrosis

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 74-79

  Skov, Marianne ^a   Poulsen, Lars K ^a   Koch, Christian ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; Aspergillosis; Cystic fibrosis; Cytokines; Immunology; Interleukin 4; Interleukin 5

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; ITRACONAZOLE; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOMA; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0033004846     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199902)27:2<74::AID-PPUL2>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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