Creola bodies in wheezing infants predict the development of asthma

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-162

  Yamada, Yumi ^a   Yoshihara, Shigemi ^a   Arisaka, Osamu ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway hyper responsiveness; Creola body; Infantile asthma; Sputum

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREOLA BODY; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SPUTUM;

EID: 1842783847     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2004.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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