Immune dysregulation in the aging human lung

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1072-1079

  Meyer, Keith C ^a,b,c   Ershler, William ^a   Rosenthal, Nancy S ^a   Lu, Xing Gu ^a   Peterson, Kimberly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; SUPEROXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029880176     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.153.3.8630547     Document Type: Article

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