Journal of Infection and Public Health
Volume 4, Issue 5 , Pages 235-243 , November 2011

Clinical relevance of peripheral blood eosinophil count in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

  • Ritesh Agarwal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector-12, Chandigarh 160012, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91 172 2756825; fax: +91 172 2748215.
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  • Ajmal Khan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector-12, Chandigarh 160012, India
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  • Ashutosh N. Aggarwal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector-12, Chandigarh 160012, India
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  • Neelam Varma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hematology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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  • Mandeep Garg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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  • Biman Saikia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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  • Dheeraj Gupta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector-12, Chandigarh 160012, India
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  • Arunaloke Chakrabarti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Received 21 February 2011 ,Revised 17 August 2011 ,Accepted 21 August 2011.

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Journal of Infection and Public Health
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