Ghrelin and leptin: A link between obesity and allergy? [2]

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 705-706

  Matsuda, Kentaro ^a   Nishi, Yoshihihro ^b   Okamatsu, Yuki ^a   Kojima, Masayasu ^b   Matsuishi, Toyojiro ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LEPTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; LETTER; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG FUNCTION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEPTIN; MALE; OBESITY; PEPTIDE HORMONES;

EID: 33644751200     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.11.007     Document Type: Letter

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