Eosinophil activation and cysteinyl leukotriene production in infants with respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 555-558

  Dimova Yaneva, D ^a   Russell, D ^a   Main, M ^a   Brooker, R J ^b   Helms, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL ABERDEEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; ECP; Eosinophils; Infants; LTC4; RSV

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; PEPTIDOLEUKOTRIENE;

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROIMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE MUCUS; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

BLOOD PROTEINS; BRONCHIOLITIS, VIRAL; CYSTEINE; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOTRIENE C4; LEUKOTRIENES; MALE; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; RIBONUCLEASES;

EID: 2042480044     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2004.1918.x     Document Type: Article

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