Plasma levels of β-thromboglobulin - An indicator of in vivo platelet activation in patients with pollen-induced intermittent allergic rhinitis during the pollen season and out of season

Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-62

  Kasperska Zajac, Alicja ^a,b   Rogala, Barbara ^a   Nowakowski, Marek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b Department of Internal Diseases ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

thromboglobulin; Allergic rhinitis; Platelet activation

Indexed keywords

BETA THROMBOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRASS POLLEN; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 16244375591     PISSN: 1230025X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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