Eosinophils are a feature of upper and lower airway pathology in non- atopic asthma, irrespective of the presence of rhinitis

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 663-669

  Gaga, M ^a,b   Lambrou, P ^a   Papageorgiou, N ^a   Koulouris, N G ^a   Kosmas, E ^a   Fragakis, S ^a   Sofios, C ^a   Rasidakis, A ^a   Jordanoglou, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asthma; Eosinophils; Non atopic; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MALE; NOSE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0034072016     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2000.00804.x     Document Type: Article

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