Asthma and autoimmunity: Is there a connection?

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 157-158

  Zweiman, Burton ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA ENOLASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAST CELL; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 34249086910     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-007-0014-2     Document Type: Note

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