Association of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and asthma among Indian children

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-31

  Varshney, Avanish K ^a   Chaudhry, Rama ^a   Saharan, Sunil ^a   Kabra, Sushil Kumar ^a   Dhawan, Benu ^a   Dar, Lalit ^a   Malhotra, Pawan ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

Author keywords

Asthma; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; PCR

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 65449147021     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2009.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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