Airway inflammation in thunderstorm asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1750-1756

  Wark, P A B ^a   Simpson, J ^b   Hensley, M J ^c   Gibson, Peter G ^b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Eosinophil; IL 5; Sputum; Thunderstorm

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; GRASS POLLEN EXTRACT; ALLERGEN; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TEST; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DEGRANULATION; EOSINOPHIL; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEATHER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL DEGRANULATION; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INTERLEUKIN-5; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EOSINOPHILIA; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; SPUTUM; WEATHER;

EID: 0036454606     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2002.01556.x     Document Type: Article

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