Serum KL-6 level as a monitoring marker in a patient with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

Thorax

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 809-811

  Nakajima, Masamitsu ^a,c   Manabe, Toshiaki ^b   Niki, Yoshihito ^a   Matsushima, Toshiharu ^a  

^a Department of Internal Medicine

^b Department of Pathology ^*

^c KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

KL 6; Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis; Tumour marker

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; GLYCOPROTEIN; MUCIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS PROTEINOSIS; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031659815     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.53.9.809     Document Type: Article

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