Surfactant protein-A in lung lavage fluid obtained from patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1409-1412

  Behera, D ^a   Kaur, Simran ^a   Sathyanarayana, G ^a   Majumdar, S ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT PROTEIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN A; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0037608765     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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