Antioxidants may increase the probability of developing allergic diseases and asthma

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 973-977

  Murr, Christian ^a   Schroecksnadel, Katharina ^a   Winkler, Christiana ^a,b   Ledochowski, Maximilian ^a   Fuchs, Dietmar ^a,b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; FOOD ALLERGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEA; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; WINE;

EID: 15244345350     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.11.011     Document Type: Article

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