Clinical and atopic parameters and airway inflammatory markers in childhood asthma: A factor analysis

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 822-826

  Leung, T F ^a   Wong, G W K ^a   Ko, F W S ^a   Lam, C W K ^a   Fok, T F ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CORTICOSTEROID; EOTAXIN; LEUKOTRIENE B4; MACROPHAGE DERIVED CHEMOKINE; METHACHOLINE; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRONCHITIS; CHEMOKINES; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LEUKOTRIENE B4; NITRIC OXIDE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 26944469048     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.039321     Document Type: Article

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