Hepatocyte growth factor and neutrophil elastase in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 511-516

  Hojo, S ^a   Fujita, J ^a   Yoshinouchi, T ^b   Yamanouchi, H ^a   Kamei, T ^c   Yamadori, I ^d   Otsuki, Y ^e   Ueda, N ^f   Takahara, J ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Matsuyama Rehabilitation Hospital   (Japan)

^c KAGAWA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^e EHIME PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SCATTER FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIUM; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STAINING; TISSUE GROWTH;

EID: 0030828030     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(97)90083-4     Document Type: Article

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