Inflammation and structural changes in the airways of patients with atopic and nonatopic asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2295-2301

  Amin, Kawa ^a   Lúdvíksdóttir, Dóra ^b   Janson, Christer ^b   Nettelbladt, Otto ^b   Bjórnsson, Eythór ^b   Roomans, Godfried M ^b   Boman, Gunnar ^b   Sevéus, Lahja ^b   Venge, Per ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MAST CELL; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0034518978     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.6.9912001     Document Type: Article

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