Excessive neutrophil elastase in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in subclinical emphysema

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 6 I, 1995, Pages 2127-2132

  Yoshioka, Aya ^a   Betsuyaku, Tomoko ^b   Nishimura, Masaharu ^b   Miyamoto, Kenji ^b   Kondo, Takahito ^b   Kawakami, Yoshikazu ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0028856719     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.152.6.8520785     Document Type: Article

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