Medical treatment reverses cytokine pattern in allergic and nonallergic chronic rhinosinusitis in asthmatic children

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 238-241

  Tosca, Maria Angela ^a   Cosentino, Cristina ^a   Pallestrini, Eugenio ^b   Riccio, Anna Maria ^a   Milanese, Manlio ^a   Canonica, Giorgio Walter ^a   Ciprandi, Giorgio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthmatic children; Chronic rhinosinusitis; Cytokines; Inflammation' united airways disease

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; DEFLAZACORT; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOLOGY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LAVAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANDROSTADIENES; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; SINUSITIS; TH2 CELLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037833497     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3038.2003.00029.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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