Elevated plasma eotaxin levels in patients with acute asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 4 I, 1999, Pages 786-790

  Lilly, Craig M ^a,c   Woodruff, Prescott G ^b,d   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^b,d   Nakamura, Hidetoshi ^a   Drazen, Jeffrey M ^a   Nadel, Eric S ^c   Hanrahan, John P ^b,e  

^a Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^b CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemokines; Emergency medicine; Lung; Pulmonary diseases

Indexed keywords

EOTAXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033508417     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(99)70288-5     Document Type: Article

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