Seasonal changes in platelet activity in pollen-induced seasonal allergic rhinitis and asthma

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 485-487

  Kasperska Zajac, Alicja ^a,b   Brzoza, Zenon ^a   Rogala, Barbara ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b Clinical Department of Internal Diseases Allergology and Clinical Immunology   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Platelet activation; Platelet factor 4; Pollen allergy; Seasonal allergic asthma

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE FACTOR 4;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; PLATELET ACTIVATION; PLATELET FACTOR 4; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEASONS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 46949086202     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900802069133     Document Type: Article

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