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[Immunologic aspects of allergic and non-allergic asthma]
Minerva Medica
|May 12, 1998
Abstract
Methods:
The peripheral blood lymphocytes and lung function have been studied in 25 patients: 12 affected by atopic asthma and 13 affected by non atopic asthma.
Results:
The results obtained indicate that peripheral blood CD3 and CD4 cell as well as HLA-DR marker are higher in the extrinsic asthma group.
Conclusions:
These findings confirm that an active inflammatory process exists in the group of non-atopic and functionally more compromised patients.