Increased allergen-specific, steroid-sensitive γδ T cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with asthma

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 223-227

  Spinozzi, Fabrizio ^a   Agea, Elisabetta ^a   Bistoni, Onelia ^a   Forenza, Nicolino ^a   Monaco, Alessandro ^a   Bassotti, Gabrio ^a   Nicoletti, Ildo ^a   Riccardi, Carlo ^a,b   Grignani, Fausto ^a   Bertotto, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Farmacologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DEFLAZACORT; DEXAMETHASONE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 9044222116     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-124-2-199601150-00005     Document Type: Article

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