Infection of TT virus in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 935-942

  Bando, M ^a   Ohno, S ^a   Oshikawa, K ^a   Takahashi, M ^a   Okamoto, H ^a   Sugiyama, Y ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute exacerbation; Disease activity; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; TT virus

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA VIRUS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0035665350     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2001.1151     Document Type: Article

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