Immunohistochemical study of a patient with diffuse pulmonary corpora amylacea detected by open lung biopsy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 900-903

  Yamanouchi, Hideo ^a   Yoshinouchi, Takeo ^b   Watanabe, Ryohei ^b   Fujita, Jiro ^c   Takahara, Jiro ^c   Ohtsuki, Yuji ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Matsuyama Shimin Hospital   (Japan)

^c KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epithelial membrane antigen; Pulmonary corpora amylacea; Surfactant apoprotein A

Indexed keywords

CA 15-3 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

BIOPSY; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033227158     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.38.900     Document Type: Article

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