The role of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in asthma

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 59-61

  Hong, Soo Jong ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 5; VASCULOTROPIN;

AIRWAY REMODELING; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANGIOGENESIS; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CYTOLYSIS; DEGRANULATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LYMPHOCYTE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WHEEZING;

EID: 84861865555     PISSN: 20927355     EISSN: 20927363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4168/aair.2012.4.2.59     Document Type: Editorial

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