CHANGES OF SERUM COMPLEMENT AND EOSINOPHIL COUNT IN ANTIGEN-INDUCED BRONCHOSPASM
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 41 (3), 182-185
Abstract
By using house dust antigens, in addition to the relation between specific Ig[immunoglobulin]E antobody, precipitin antibody and bronchial provocation test (BPT), the changes of serum complement [C] activities and eosinophil counts after BPT were studied. Decreased serum concentrations of C4 and factor B were found in 3 of 15 skin-test positive asthmatic children, thus confirming the involvement of C in the pathogenesis of immediate type BPT reaction. Eosinophil counts tended to increase after BPT but the increase did not correlate with the occurrence of the immediate type BPT reaction.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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