Bronchoalveolar lavage in mixed cryoglobulinaemia associated with hepatitis C virus

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 978-982

  Manganelli, P ^a   Salaffi, F ^b   Subiaco, S ^c   Carotti, M ^b   Cervini, C ^b   Consigli, G ^a   Majori, M ^d   Pesci, A ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c Ospedale di Jesi   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^e Clin Malat dell'Apparato R   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Hepatitis C virus; Lymphocytic alveolitis; Mixed cryoglobulinaemia

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0029973562     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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