HsCRP levels: Measurement of airway inflammation in asthmatic children

Pediatrics International

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-16

  Soferman, Ruth ^a   Glatstein, Miguel ^a   Sivan, Yakov ^a   Weisman, Yosef ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asthmatic children; BMI ; FEV1; HsCRP

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING;

ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 39049123180     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02517.x     Document Type: Article

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