Serum eosinophilic cationic protein: Is there a role in respiratory disorders

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-134

  Peona, Vittoria ^a   Amici, Mara De ^a   Quaglini, Silvana ^a   Bellaviti, Gianluca ^a   Castellazzi, Anna Maria ^a   Marseglia, Gianluigi ^a   Ciprandi, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Eosinophil; Predictive models; Respiratory disorders; Serum ECP

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORTICOSTEROID; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249106576     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770900903497170     Document Type: Article

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