Zdorovʹe Rebenka (Feb 2015)
Clinical and Immunological Features of Bronchial Asthma in Children on the Background of Persistent Intracellular Infections
Abstract
The article presents information on the impact of persistent intracellular infections on the course of the disease and the state of immune system in children with bronchial asthma. Clinical features of bronchial asthma, the degree of sensitization, level of proinflammatory (IL-1, IL-2, IL-6, IL-8, IFN-α and IFN-γ, TNF-α) and antiinflammatory (IL-4, IL-10) cytokines in the blood serum are described.
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