Inflammation and structural changes in the airways of patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 904-910

  Amin, K ^a   Ludviksdottir D ^a   Janson, C ^a   Nettelbladt, O ^a   Gudbjornsson B ^a   Valtysdottir S ^a   Bjornsson E ^a   Roomans, G M ^a   Boman, G ^a   Seveus L ^a   Venge, P ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Cytokines; Inflammatory cells; Laminin; Sj gren's syndrome; Tenascin

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 8; LAMININ; METHACHOLINE; TENASCIN;

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MAST CELL; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0035161996     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2001.1174     Document Type: Article

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