Clinical value of monitoring eosinophil activity in asthma.
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Clinical value of monitoring eosinophil activity in asthma.
To evaluate the use of eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) in monitoring disease activity in childhood asthma, serum ECP in 175 asthmatic children was assessed. Forty five patients with cystic fibrosis, 23 with lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI), and 87 healthy children were used as controls. Serum ECP concentrations (34.3 micrograms/l v 9.8 micrograms/l) were significantly higher in child...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.73.5.413