Respiratory Medicine
Volume 97, Issue 1 , Pages 90-96 , January 2003

Expression of the glucocorticoid receptor alpha and beta isoforms in human nasal mucosa and polyp epithelial cells

  • LAURA PUJOLS

      Affiliations

    • Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer
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  • JOAQUIM MULLOL

      Affiliations

    • Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer
    • Servei d'Otorinolaringologia
    • ,
  • PEDRO BENÍTEZ

      Affiliations

    • Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer
    • Servei d'Otorinolaringologia
    • ,
  • ALFONS TORREGO

      Affiliations

    • Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer
    • Servei de Pneumologia i Al.lèrgia Respiratòria-Institut de Pneumologia i Cirurgia Toràcica, Hospital Clı́nic, Departament de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona
    • ,
  • ANTONI XAUBET

      Affiliations

    • Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer
    • Servei de Pneumologia i Al.lèrgia Respiratòria-Institut de Pneumologia i Cirurgia Toràcica, Hospital Clı́nic, Departament de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona
    • ,
  • JOSEP DE HARO

      Affiliations

    • Servei d'Otorinolaringologia4, Hospital Municipal de Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
    • ,
  • CÉSAR PICADO

      Affiliations

    • Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer
    • Servei de Pneumologia i Al.lèrgia Respiratòria-Institut de Pneumologia i Cirurgia Toràcica, Hospital Clı́nic, Departament de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona

Received 2 April 2002 ,Accepted 12 June 2002.

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doi: 10.1053/rmed.2002.1406

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 97, Issue 1 , Pages 90-96 , January 2003

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