Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection affects the serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor and interleukin-5 in atopic children

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 92-97

  Jeong, You Cheol ^a   Yeo, Mun Soo ^a   Kim, Joo Hwa ^a   Lee, Ha Baik ^a   Oh, Jae Won ^a  

^a Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atopy; Interleukin 5; Pneumonia, Mycoplasma; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 5; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84861881787     PISSN: 20927355     EISSN: 20927363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4168/aair.2012.4.2.92     Document Type: Article

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