The indication and effectiveness of low-dose erythromycin therapy in pediatric patients with bronchial asthma

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 489-492

  Korematsu, Seigo ^a   Yamamoto, Kyoko ^a   Nagakura, Tomokazu ^a   Miyahara, Hiroaki ^a   Okazaki, Naho ^a   Akiyoshi, Kensuke ^a   Maeda, Tomoki ^a   Suenobu, So Ichi ^a   Izumi, Tatsuro ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Interleukin 8; Low dose erythromycin; Theophylline; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

EOTAXIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUTICASONE; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; THEOPHYLLINE; VASCULOTROPIN; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THEOPHYLLINE BLOOD LEVEL; THERAPY RESISTANCE; BLOOD; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHEMOKINE CCL11; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; LEUKOTRIENE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; THEOPHYLLINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 77951754523     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2009.00941.x     Document Type: Article

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