Specific bronchoalveolar lavage fluid T cells associate with disease in a pair of monozygotic twins discordant for sarcoidosis

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 250, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 535-539

  Grunewald, J ^a   Eklund, A ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Sarcoidosis; T cells; Twins

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; HLA DR17 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SARCOIDOSIS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0035665037     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2001.00916.x     Document Type: Article

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