Procalcitonin and inflammatory cytokines in children with asthma

European Journal of Inflammation

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 75-81

  Emporiadou, M ^a,c   Hatzistilianou, Maria ^a,b,c   Haidopoulou, K ^a,c   Aggouridaki, C ^a,c   Reklity, A ^a,c   Magnisali, C ^a,c   Karamperis, S T ^a,c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b AHEPA Hospital ^*  (Greece)

^c AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asthma; C reactive protein; Childhood; Cytokines; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; LUMINESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; PREDICTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TH2 CELL;

EID: 23244468349     PISSN: 1721727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1721727X0500300204     Document Type: Article

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