Serum periostin is associated with body mass index and allergic rhinitis in healthy and asthmatic subjects

Background: Many studies have attempted to clarify the factors associated with serum periostin levels in asthmatic patients. However, these results were based on studies of subjects mainly characterized by high eosinophil counts, which may present as an obstacle for clarification in the identificati...

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Main Authors: Hirokazu Kimura, Satoshi Konno, Hironi Makita, Natsuko Taniguchi, Hiroki Kimura, Houman Goudarzi, Kaoruko Shimizu, Masaru Suzuki, Noriharu Shijubo, Katsunori Shigehara, Junya Ono, Kenji Izuhara, Yoichi Minagawa Ito, Masaharu Nishimura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-07-01
Series:Allergology International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893017301673