Plasma concentration of platelet factor 4 in patients with acute urticaria in the course of acute respiratory tract infection

Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 995-998

  Kasperska Zajac, Alicja ^a   Brzoza, Zenon ^a   Rogala, Barbara ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute urticaria; Platelet activation; Platelet factor 4; Respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; THROMBOCYTE FACTOR 4;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; TURBIDIMETRY; URTICARIA;

EID: 33846702007     PISSN: 1230025X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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