Anti-inflammatory activity of clarithromycin in adults with chronically inflamed sinus mucosa

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 75-82

  Macleod, Catherine M ^a,b   Hamid, Qutayba A ^c   Cameron, Lisa ^c   Tremblay, Chantal ^d   Brisco, Wygenia ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b McGill University ^*  (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Novabyss Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Clarithromycin; Immunomodulation; Inflammation; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ELASTASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDEMA; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; PHASE 4 CLINICAL TRIAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLARITHROMYCIN; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0034956886     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02852391     Document Type: Article

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