Evaluation of Th1/Th2 ratio and cytokine production profile during acute exacerbation and convalescence in asthmatic children

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 272-276

  Kuo, Ming Ling ^a   Huang, Jing Long ^a   Yeh, Kuo Wei ^a   Li, Pi Shiou ^a   Hsieh, Kue Hsiung ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BREFELDIN A; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; IONOMYCIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PHYCOERYTHRIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 0035078169     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63297-8     Document Type: Article

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