Elevation of serum KL-6 levels in patients with hematological malignancies associated with cytomegalovirus or Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

Hematology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 105-108

  Tanaka, M ^a   Tanaka, K ^a   Fukahori, S ^a   Fujimatsu, Y ^a   Shiraishi, K ^a   Honda, J ^a   Oizumi, K ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Interstitial pneumonitis; KL 6; Pneumocystis carinii; sICAM 1

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; KL6 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLYCOPROTEIN; MUC1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MUCIN; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL LEUKEMIA; BLOOD; BLOOD DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; VIROLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCINS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS;

EID: 0036287211     PISSN: 10245340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10245330290022133     Document Type: Article

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