Body mass index in Th1 and Th2 diseases

Immunology Letters

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-120

  Colombo, Barbara Maria ^a   Murdaca, Giuseppe ^a   Ciprandi, Giorgio ^a   Sormani, Maria Pia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis and asthma; Body mass index; Systemic lupus erithematosus; Th1 and Th2

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; OBESITY; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 40649109733     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2008.01.003     Document Type: Letter

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