Airway platelet activation is associated with airway eosinophilic inflammation in asthma

Journal of Investigative Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 987-990

  Benton, Angela S ^a,b   Kumar, Nikila ^b   Lerner, Jennifer ^a   Wiles, Andrew A ^a   Foerster, Matthew ^a   Teach, Stephen J ^a,b,c   Freishtat, Robert J ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Center for Clinical and Community Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Eosinophils; Platelets

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; PADGEM PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL ACTIVATION; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION;

MUS;

EID: 78651471839     PISSN: 17088267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/JIM.0b013e3181fa02f7     Document Type: Article

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