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The plasma contact system in atopic asthma

1983; Elsevier BV; Volume: 72; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0091-6749(83)90056-8

ISSN

1097-6825

Autores

E. C. Lasser, Jochen Lang, John G. Curd, Charles G. Cochrane, S LYON, Marcia D. Howard, A E Hamblin, Susan D. Revak,

Tópico(s)

Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research

Resumo

An in vitro test for the rate of appearance of kallikrein in plasma due to contact system activation by dextran sulfate at 0 degree C was applied to plasmas of 19 atopic asthma patients and 19 age- and sex-matched controls without atopy. The average prekallikrein activation rate was markedly higher in the plasmas of the atopic patients. Mean endogenous heparin levels were also elevated.

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