Preferential binding of lysozyme to elastic fibres in pulmonary emphysema

Thorax

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 193-196

  Shteyngart, Bronislava ^b   Chaiwiriyakul, Surachat ^b   Wong, John ^b   Cantor, Jerome O ^a  

^a BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Elastic fibres; Lysozyme; Pulmonary emphysema

Indexed keywords

EGG WHITE; HYALURONIDASE; LYSOZYME;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031943547     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.53.3.193     Document Type: Article

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