Additional proteins in BAL fluid of metsovites environmentally exposed asbestos: More evidence of "protection" against neoplasia?

Chest

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 273-278

  Constantopoulos, Stavros ^a   Manda Stachouli, Carmen ^a   Vassiliou, Miltiadis ^a   Galani, Vassiliki ^a   Dalavanga, Yotanna ^a   Frangou Lazaridis, Maria ^a   Mavridis, Anestis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b G HATZIKOSTA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Macrophages; Metsovo; Neoplasia; Pleural calcifications; Two dimensional electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ASBESTOS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 6; TREMOLITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG CALCIFICATION; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036157522     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.1.273     Document Type: Article

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