Cytokines in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in patients with high altitude pulmonary oedema at moderate altitude in Japan

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 739-742

  Kubo, Keishi ^a   Hanaoka, Masayuki ^a   Yamaguchi, Shinji ^a   Hayano, Toshihide ^a   Hayasaka, Muneharu ^a   Koizumi, Tomonobu ^a   Fujimoto, Keisaku ^a   Kobayashi, Toshio ^a   Honda, Takayuki ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Cytokines; High altitude pulmonary oedema

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CYTOKINE; PADGEM PROTEIN;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029974978     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.7.739     Document Type: Article

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