Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 2 , Pages 204-210 , February 2010

Clinical significance of decline in serum IgE levels in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

  • Ritesh Agarwal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector-12, Chandigarh-160012, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91 172 2756825; fax: +91 172 2748215.
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  • Dheeraj Gupta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector-12, Chandigarh-160012, India
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  • Ashutosh N. Aggarwal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector-12, Chandigarh-160012, India
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  • Akshay K. Saxena

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiodiagnosis, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector-12, Chandigarh-160012, India
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  • Biman Saikia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector-12, Chandigarh-160012, India
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  • Arunaloke Chakrabarti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector-12, Chandigarh-160012, India
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  • Surinder K. Jindal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector-12, Chandigarh-160012, India

Received 6 March 2009 ,Accepted 5 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.09.005

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 2 , Pages 204-210 , February 2010

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