Elevated pleural fluid levels of defensins in patients with empyema

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Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 788-794

  Ashitani, Jun Ichi ^a   Mukae, Hiroshi ^a   Nakazato, Masamitsu ^a   Taniguchi, Haruko ^a   Ogawa, Kazuhiko ^b   Kohno, Shigeru ^b   Matsukura, Shigeru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Defensins; Granulocyte colony stimulating factor; Interleukin 8; Pleural effusion; Pleurisy

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 8; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031909852     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.3.788     Document Type: Article

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