Correlation of CD4:CD8 ratio and tumour necrosis factor (TNF)α levels in induced sputum with bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in pulmonary sarcoidosis

Thorax

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 696-699

  Moodley, Yuben P ^a   Dorasamy, Trevor ^b   Venketasamy, Salosh ^b   Naicker, Vincent ^b   Lalloo, Umesh G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

CD4:CD8 ratio; Pulmonary sarcoidosis; Tumour necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; PREDNISONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-CD8 RATIO; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SPUTUM; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0033910410     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.55.8.696     Document Type: Article

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