Hypogammaglobulinemia in steroid-dependent asthmatics correlates with the daily dose of oral prednisolone

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 240-243

  Kawano, Tetsuya ^a   Matsuse, Hiroto ^a   Obase, Yasushi ^a   Kondo, Yuki ^a   Machida, Ikuko ^a   Tomari, Shinya ^a   Mitsuta, Kazuko ^a   Fukushima, Chizu ^a   Shimoda, Terufumi ^a   Kohno, Shigeru ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Corticosteroid; Hypogammaglobulinemia

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; BECLOMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18444403113     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064258     Document Type: Article

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