Effect of suplatast tosilate on airway hyperresponsiveness and inflammation in asthma patients

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 545-552

  Yoshida, M ^a   Aizawa, H ^b   Inoue, H ^a   Matsumoto, K ^a   Koto, H ^a   Komori, M ^a   Fukuyama, S ^a   Okamoto, M ^b   Hara, N ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway responsiveness; Astograph; Bronchial asthma; Eosinophil; Suplatast tosilate

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN; SUPLATAST TOSYLATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPUTUM LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ARYLSULFONATES; ASTHMA; BLOOD PROTEINS; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RIBONUCLEASES; SULFONIUM COMPOUNDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0036386123     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JAS-120004925     Document Type: Article

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