Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 10 , Pages 1436-1443 , October 2010

Increases in airway eosinophilia and a th1 cytokine during the chronic asymptomatic phase of asthma

  • Chang Keun Kim

      Affiliations

    • Asthma and Allergy Center, Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital, Seoul 139-707, Korea
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  • Jungi Choi

      Affiliations

    • Asthma and Allergy Center, Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital, Seoul 139-707, Korea
    • ,
  • Zak Callaway

      Affiliations

    • Asthma and Allergy Center, Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital, Seoul 139-707, Korea
    • ,
  • Koji Iijima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Allergic Disease Research Laboratory, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester MN 55905, USA
    • ,
  • Gerald Volcheck

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Allergic Disease Research Laboratory, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester MN 55905, USA
    • ,
  • Hirohito Kita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Allergic Disease Research Laboratory, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester MN 55905, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 507 284 6109; fax: +1 507 284 5045.

Received 19 January 2010 ,Accepted 25 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.03.023

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 10 , Pages 1436-1443 , October 2010

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