N-acetyl-beta-hexosaminidase activity in asthma

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-137

  Tomasiak, Maria Magdalena ^a   Tomasiak, Marian ^a   Zietkowski, Ziemowit ^a   Skiepko, Roman ^a   Bodzenta Lukaszyk, Anna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Asthma; N acetyl hexosaminidase; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BETA-N-ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASES; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 43649091836     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113516     Document Type: Article

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