Inflammatory mediators in bronchoalveolar lavage samples from children with and without asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 362-366

  Ennis, M ^a   Turner, G ^a   Schock, B C ^a   Stevenson, E C ^a   Brown, V ^a   Fitch, P S ^a   Heaney, L G ^a   Taylor, R ^b   Shields, M D ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BELFAST HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airways inflammation; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Childhood asthma; Eosinophil cationic protein; Histamine; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TRYPTASE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHYMASES; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; MAST CELLS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRYPTASES;

EID: 0033046076     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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