Changes in blood levels of eosinophil cationic protein and tryptase after exercise challenge in adolescents with exercise-induced asthma

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-33

  Onadeko, B O ^a,c   Khadadah, M E ^a   Ezeamnzie, C I ^a   Marouf, R ^a   Zubaid, M ^a   Maradni, N ^b   Jayakrishnan, B ^b   Memon, A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c Secretariat Post Office   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRYPTASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA, EXERCISE-INDUCED; BLOOD PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBONUCLEASES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRYPTASES;

EID: 3042824096     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v81i1.8791     Document Type: Article

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