Infiltrating eosinophils and eotaxin: Their association with idiopathic eosinophilic esophagitis

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 429-432

  Fujiwara, Hiroshi ^a,d   Morita, Atsushi ^b   Kobayashi, Hideyuki ^a   Hamano, Katsura ^a   Fujiwara, Yoshiyuki ^a   Hirai, Koichi ^c   Yano, Masahiko ^a   Naka, Tetsuji ^a   Saeki, Yukihiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIONOGI AND CO LTD   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NISSAY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; EOTAXIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0036824795     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62047-9     Document Type: Article

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