Increased numbers of both airway basophils and mast cells in sputum after allergen inhalation challenge of atopic asthmatics

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1473-1478

  Cauvreau, Gail M ^a,b   Lee, Jong M ^a,b   Watson, Richard M ^a,b   Irani, Anne Marie A ^a,b   Schwartz, Lawrence B ^a,b   O'Byrne, Paul M ^a,b  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BASOPHIL; CELL MIGRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EFFECTOR CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MAST CELL; MEDIATOR RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034108926     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.161.5.9908090     Document Type: Article

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