Lactic dehydrogenase-immunoglobulin Gκ complex in a patient with idiopathic interstitial pneumonia

Internal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 413-415

  Fujishima, Takuya ^a   Morita, Shiho ^a   Shijubo, Noriharu ^a   Nakata, Hisashi ^a   Shigehara, Katsunori ^a   Koba, Hiroyuki ^a   Abe, Shosaku ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

azathioprine; interstitial pneumonia; lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) anomaly; steroid treatment

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0030010857     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.35.413     Document Type: Article

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