Is childhood asthma an inflammatory disease?

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Supplement

Volumn 54, Issue 49, 1999, Pages 62-67

  Van Aalderen, W M C ^a   Sprikkelman, A B ^a   Hoekstra, M O ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Cytokines; Eosinophilia; Inflammation; Inflammatory mediators; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; AUTACOID; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC REACTION; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHILIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INFANT; LUNG FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOKINES; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033009076     PISSN: 01081675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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