Increased soluble Fas ligand concentration in tuberculous pleural effusion

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 32-34

  Wu, S H ^a   Chu, J J ^a   Chiang, C D ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma of lung; Pleural effusion; Soluble Fas ligand; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FAS LIGAND; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 2; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; HYPOTHESIS; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SERUM; SOLUBILITY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 0035099672     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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