Nonatopic wheezy children have reduced interferon-gamma

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 74-78

  Leech, S C ^a,b   Price, J F ^a   Holmes, B J ^a   Kemeny, D M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopic; Child; Cytokines; Interferon gamma

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; PHORBOL MYRISTATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS INFECTION; WHEEZING;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0033961137     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2000.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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