Eosinophils play a major role in the severity of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in children with asthma

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1161-1166

  Lee, So Yeon ^a   Kim, Hyo Bin ^b   Kim, Ja Hyung ^b   Kim, Bong Seong ^b   Kang, Mi Jin ^c   Jang, Seong Ok ^c   Hong, Soo Jong ^b  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Asan Institute for Life Sciences   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asthma; Eosinophil protein X; Eosinophils; Exercise induced bronchoconstriction

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL PROTEIN X; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHACHOLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INDUCED BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA, EXERCISE-INDUCED; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL-DERIVED NEUROTOXIN; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33845468972     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20506     Document Type: Article

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