Induced sputum for identifying sarcoidosis in patients with uveitis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 858-861

  Neudorfer, Meira ^a,b   Leibovitch, Igal ^a   Onn, Amir ^a   Loewenstein, Anat ^a   Fireman, Elizabeth ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; MALE; NEBULIZER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; UVEITIS;

ADULT; AGED; CD4-CD8 RATIO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SPUTUM; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; UVEITIS;

EID: 0036242219     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)00966-1     Document Type: Article

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