Serum lysozyme levels and clinical features of sarcoidosis

Lung

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 161-167

  Tomita, Hiroshi ^a,d   Sato, S ^b   Matsuda, R ^b   Sugiura, Y ^b   Kawaguchi, H ^b   Niimi, T ^b   Yoshida, S ^b   Morishita, M ^c  

^a Toyokawa City Hospital   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Toyokawa City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activity; Angiotensin converting enzyme; Lysozyme; Sarcoidosis; Serum marker

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; LYSOZYME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS;

ENZYME TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MURAMIDASE; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; SARCOIDOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032963828     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00007637     Document Type: Article

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