Sputum E-cadherin and asthma severity [1]

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 208-209

  Masuyama, Kuniko ^a   Morishima, Yuko ^a   Ishii, Yukio ^a   Nomura, Akihiro ^a   Sakamoto, Tohru ^a   Kimura, Toru ^a   Mochizuki, Mie ^a   Uchida, Yoshiyuki ^a   Sekizawa, Kiyohisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; PREDNISOLONE; UVOMORULIN;

ASTHMA; CALCULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; ONSET AGE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037999138     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2003.1526     Document Type: Letter

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