Urinary eosinophil protein X in children: The relationship to asthma and atopy and normal values

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 647-652

  Tauber, E ^a   Halmerbauer, G ^a   Frischer, T ^a   Gartner, C ^a   Horak Jr , F ^a   Veiter, A ^a   Koller, Dieter Y ^a   Studnicka, M ^b  

^a ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b Center for Pulmonary Disease   (Austria)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Eosinophil protein X; Eosinophils; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CREATININE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; COUGHING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; BLOOD PROTEINS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EOSINOPHIL-DERIVED NEUROTOXIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PULMONARY VENTILATION; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RIBONUCLEASES; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0033921448     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2000.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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