YKL-40 in asthmatic patients, and its correlations with exacerbation, eosinophils and immunoglobulin E

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 757-760

  Tang, H ^a   Fang, Z ^a   Sun, Y ^b   Li, B ^a   Shi, Z ^a   Chen, J ^a   Zhang, T ^a   Xiu, Q ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PROTEIN YKL 40; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LECTINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951194004     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00034409     Document Type: Article

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