Platelet activity measured by plasma levels of beta-thromboglobulin and platelet factor 4 in seasonal allergic rhinitis during natural pollen exposure

Inflammation Research

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 477-479

  Kasperska Zajac A ^a   Rogala, B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allergic inflammation; Beta thromboglobulin; Platelet activation; Platelet factor 4; Seasonal allergic rhinitis

Indexed keywords

BETA THROMBOGLOBULIN; THROMBOCYTE FACTOR 4;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLLEN; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THROMBOGLOBULIN; BLOOD PLATELETS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; PLATELET ACTIVATION; PLATELET FACTOR 4; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEASONS;

EID: 0345377637     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00011-003-1203-7     Document Type: Article

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