VEGF levels in pulmonary fibrosis [1]

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-

  Richter, A G ^a   Maughan, E O ^a   Perkins, G D ^a   Nathani, N ^a   Thickett, D R ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1;

APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INJURY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TISSUE REPAIR;

EID: 13544276791     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.031500     Document Type: Letter

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