Role of serum periostin as a biomarker in diagnosis of bronchial asthma

Background Asthma is a chronic airway disease that is characterized by persistant airway inflammation and remoldeing with bronchial hyperactivity in resulted from one allergen or more leading to episodic airflow obstruction. Periostin can be detected in serum of asthmapatients which largly reflected...

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Main Authors: Dina R Mohammed, Amira Y Abdelnaby, Enas A El Zamran, Ibrahim S Ibrahim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.ejcdt.eg.net/article.asp?issn=0422-7638;year=2018;volume=67;issue=1;spage=4;epage=8;aulast=Mohammed