Alterations in T-lymphocyte subsets in the airways of asthmatic patients with active hepatitis C virus infection

Respiration

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 318-323

  Kanazawa, Hiroshi ^a   Yoshikawa, Junichi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD8+ T lymphocytes; Chronic viral infection; Hepatitis C virus; Induced sputum; Lymphocyte subsets

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ALBUTEROL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CD4-CD8 RATIO; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 33646550148     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088357     Document Type: Article

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