Apoptosis and asthma in the elderly

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-112

  Todo Bom, Ana Mría ^a,b   Mota Pinto, A ^b   Alves, V ^b   Vale Pereira, S ^b   Santos Rosa, M ^b  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Asthma; CD25; Elderly; TCR

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

AGED; AGING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SPIROMETRY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; ASTHMA; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 34247237660     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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