Drug development strategies for asthma: In search of a new paradigm

Nature Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 695-698

  Holt, Patrick G ^a   Sly, Peter D ^a   Martinez, Fernando D ^b   Weiss, Scott T ^c   Björkstén, Bengt ^d   von Mutius, Erika ^e   Wahn, Ulrich ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 4 ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 5 ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 12; STEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; ANIMAL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DESIGN; ENVIRONMENT; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG DESIGN; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 3242783463     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni0704-695     Document Type: Article

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