Role of thrombin in pulmonary fibrosis

The Lancet

Volumn 346, Issue 8982, 1995, Pages 1071-1073

  Hernandez Rodriguez N A ^a   Cambrey, A D ^a   Chambers, R C ^a   Gray, A J ^a   McAnulty, R J ^a   Laurent, G J ^a   Harrison, N K ^b   Southcott, A M ^c   duBois, R M ^c   Black, C M ^d   Scully, M F ^e  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Quebec Heart and Lung Institute   (Canada)

^d ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e THROMBOSIS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THROMBIN; THROMBIN INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG FIBROBLAST; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0028835189     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(95)91744-6     Document Type: Article

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