Letter to the editor - osteopontin levels in human asthma

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2441-2442

  Samitas, Konstantinos ^a   Zervas, Eleftherios ^a   Panoutsakopoulou, Vily ^b   Gaga, Mina ^a  

^a Athens Chest Hospital   (Greece)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSTEOPONTIN;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ASTHMA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEADY STATE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84555208650     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323001103900646     Document Type: Letter

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