KL-6, surfactant protein A and D in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis

Respiration

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 488-495

  Kunitake, Ritsuko ^a   Kuwano, Kazuyoshi ^a,b   Yoshida, Koichiro ^a   Maeyama, Takashige ^a   Kawasaki, Masayuki ^a   Hagimoto, Naoki ^a   Hara, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; KL 6; Pulmonary sarcoidosis; Surfactant protein A; Surfactant protein D

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN KL 6; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; SURFACTANT PROTEIN D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCINS; PROTEOLIPIDS; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN A; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN D; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0034768592     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000050556     Document Type: Article

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