Transferrin concentrations in serum and lower respiratory tract fluid of mechanically ventilated patients with COPD or ARDS

Chest

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1681-1685

  Stites, S W ^a   Nelson, M E ^a   Wesselius, L J ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

antioxidants; lung lavage; respiratory failure; transferrin

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; IRON; PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SERUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029029142     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.107.6.1681     Document Type: Article

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