Serum neurotrophin-3 and neurotrophin-4 levels are associated with asthma severity in children

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1035-1037

  Szczepankiewicz, A ^a   Rachel, M ^b   Sobkowiak, P ^a   Kycler, Z ^a   Wojsyk Banaszak, I ^c   Schoneich N ^a   Skibinska, M ^a   Breborowicz A ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b Provincial Hospital Rzeszow   (Poland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ASTHMA; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLISH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84860335347     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00136611     Document Type: Letter

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