Acute eosinophilic pneumonia: Possible role of hyperreactivity of airway epithelial cells

Internal Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 917-

  Takizawa, Hajime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CHEMOKINE; CIGARETTE SMOKE; CYTOKINE; EOTAXIN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 8; OXYGEN RADICAL; RANTES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STIMULATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EDITORIAL; EOSINOPHILIA; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG LAVAGE; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOGENESIS; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; CYTOLOGY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA;

ACUTE DISEASE; EOSINOPHILIA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA;

EID: 1842866561     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.41.917     Document Type: Editorial

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