Markers of eosinophilic inflammation and tissue re-modelling in children before clinically diagnosed bronchial asthma

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-51

  Pohunek, P ^a   Warner, John O ^b,d   Torzikova J ^c   Kudrmann, J ^c   Roche, W R ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BULOVKA   (Czech Republic)

^d SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Airway remodelling; Bronchial asthma; Bronchial biopsy; Childhood wheezing; Cough; Eosinophils

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; SALBUTAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHILIA; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SPIROMETRY; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EOSINOPHILS; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14644412828     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2005.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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