TH1/TH2 immune response profiles differ between atopic children in Eastern and Western Germany

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 338-342

  Renz, Harald ^a   Von Mutius, Erika ^b   Sabina, Sabina ^b   Wolkers, Florian ^a   Hirsch, Thomas ^c   Weiland, Stephan K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IONOMYCIN; PHORBOL ESTER;

ARTICLE; ATOPY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 0036169410     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2002.121459     Document Type: Article

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