Cysteinyl-leukotrienes in nasal lavage fluid in children with asthma

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-232

  Singer, Florian ^a   Horak Jr , Friedrich ^b   Friesenbichler, Waltraud ^b   Schneider, Barbara ^b   Szépfalusi, Zsolt ^b   Frischer, Thomas ^b  

^a Donauspital   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Exhaled nitric oxide; Inflammation; Leukotriene; Nasal lavage

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; FLUTICASONE; NITRIC OXIDE; PEPTIDOLEUKOTRIENE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE MUCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOTRIENES; MALE; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; NITRIC OXIDE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 41849130629     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2007.00614.x     Document Type: Article

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