The role of superantigens in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps

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Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-103

  Wang, Mingming ^a   Shi, Peng ^b   Chen, Bei ^c   Zhang, Hongping ^a   Jian, Jingfen ^a   Chen, Xuemei ^a   Wang, Zhe ^a   Zhang, Daliang ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Chronic rhinosinusitis; ELISA; Flow cytometry; Nasal polyps; Superantigens; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

EXOTOXIN; SUPERANTIGEN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOTOXINS; ENTEROTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; NASAL POLYPS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 42149127047     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000114532     Document Type: Article

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