Immunopathology of fatal soybean dust-induced asthma

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-57

  Synek, M ^a,d   Anto J M ^a   Beasley, R ^b   Frew, A J ^a   Holloway, L ^a   Lampe, F C ^a   Lloreta, J L ^c   Sunyer, J ^c   Thornton, A ^a   Holgate, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Cellular infiltration; Fatal soybean asthma; Immunopathology

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOXICITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOYBEAN; SPAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD3; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; SOYBEANS; SPAIN;

EID: 13344269041     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09010054     Document Type: Article

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