Experimental and seasonal exposure to birch pollen in allergic rhinitis and allergic asthma with regard to the inflammatory response

Clinical Respiratory Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-44

  Kämpe, Mary ^a   Janson, Christer ^a   Stålenheim, Gunnemar ^a   Stolt, Ingrid ^a   Carlson, Marie ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergic asthma; Allergic rhinitis; Bronchial challenge; ECP; Eosinophils; Pollen season

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; BIRCH; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRONCHUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 73649135438     PISSN: 17526981     EISSN: 1752699X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-699X.2009.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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