Leukotriene receptors and aspirin sensitivity

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 347, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 1524-1526

  Arm, Jonathan P ^a   Austen, K Frank ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; LEUKOTRIENE A4; LEUKOTRIENE B4; LEUKOTRIENE E4; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PEPTIDOLEUKOTRIENE;

ASTHMA; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NOSE POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RHINORRHEA; RHINOSINUSITIS;

ASPIRIN; ASTHMA; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; DOWN-REGULATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NASAL MUCOSA; RECEPTORS, LEUKOTRIENE; RECEPTORS, LEUKOTRIENE B4; SINUSITIS;

EID: 0037038235     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe020116     Document Type: Editorial

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