Neutrophilic inflammation in childhood bronchial asthma [2]

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 704-705

  Yasui, K ^a   Kobayashi, N ^a   Yamazaki, T ^a   Koike, K ^a   Fukushima, K ^b   Taniuchi, S ^c   Kobayashi, Y ^c  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGANO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE; GRANULOCYTE ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MAST CELL; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHILS;

EID: 23744514265     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2005.043075     Document Type: Letter

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