The relationship between tuberculin response, BCG vaccine scar and asthma

Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 205-210

  Alyasin, Soheila ^a   Katibeh, Pegah ^a   Asadi, Saman ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asthma; BCG scar; Tuberculin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULIN;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BCG VACCINATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCAR; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS VACCINES; VACCINATION;

EID: 77951599050     PISSN: 17351502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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