Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A and asthma

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 362-367

  Coskun, Abdurrahman ^a   Balbay, Oner ^a   Duran, Sadik ^a   Annakkaya, Ali Nihat ^a   Bulut, Ismet ^a   Yavuz, Ozlem ^a   Kurt, Emel ^b  

^a DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atherosclerosis; IGF; IGFBP 4; PAPP A

Indexed keywords

PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 4; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34250846409     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02849905     Document Type: Article

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