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Oral corticosteroids and histamine releasability of basophil granulocytes
I Zimmermann1, A A Bugalho de Almeida, D Schött
1Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Bergmannsheil Bochum, FRG.
Respiration; International Review of Thoracic Diseases
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
The influence of oral corticosteroid therapy (7.5 and 15 mg prednisolon/day for 8 days) on basophil releasability by antigens was investigated in a series of 16 patients with chronic obstructive airway disease. A significantly smaller histamine release was observed after the treatment. Different types of releasing curves were observed which mostly persisted after treatment.