The effect of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin in a mouse model of allergic rhinitis

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 720-725

  Kim, Soo Whan ^a   Yeo, Sang Won ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUNG LAVAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BCG VACCINE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EOSINOPHILS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NASAL MUCOSA; NEUTROPHILS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34247509206     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.10.016     Document Type: Article

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