Does airway allergic inflammation pre-exist before late onset wheeze in children?

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1002-1007

  Thavagnanam, Surendran ^a,b   Williamson, Grace ^a,b   Ennis, Madeleine ^a   Heaney, Liam G ^a   Shields, Michael D ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BELFAST HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchial inflammation

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECZEMA; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; LATE ONSET CHILDHOOD WHEEZE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SYMPTOM; WHEEZING;

AGE OF ONSET; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RHINITIS;

EID: 77956551705     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2010.01052.x     Document Type: Article

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