Relationship between changes in interferon-γ production by peripheral blood T cells and changes in peak expiratory flow rate in patients with chronic stable asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1734-1738

  Koh, Y I ^a   Choi, Inseon S ^a   Lee, H C ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asthma; Blood; Cytokines; Peak expiratory flow rates; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL COUNT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LUNG FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; ASTHMA; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CELL CULTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EOSINOPHIL; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CELLS, CULTURED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0036456341     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2002.01561.x     Document Type: Article

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