Acute eosinophilic pneumonia with increased soluble ST2 in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 532-533

  Oshikawa, K ^a   Kuroiwa, K ^b   Tokunaga, T ^a   Kato, T ^a   Hagihara, S I ^a   Tominaga, S I ^b   Sugiyama, Y ^a  

^a Department of Pulmonary Medicine ^*  (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; PREDNISOLONE; ST2 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG LAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SOLUBILITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034931788     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2001.1080     Document Type: Article

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