Interleukin-4 and interleukin-4 soluble receptor α levels in bronchoalveolar lavage from children with asthma

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 429-433

  Fitch, Patrick S ^a   Brown, Vanessa ^a   Schock, Bettina C ^a   Ennis, Madeleine ^a   Shields, Michael D ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4 SOLUBLE RECEPTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037391870     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61828-5     Document Type: Article

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