Circulating cytokeratin 8:anti-cytokeratin 8 antibody immune complexes in sera of patients with pulmonary fibrosis

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Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 397-401

  Dobashi, Naomi ^a   Fujita, Jiro ^a   Ohtsuki, Yuji ^b   Yamadori, Ichiro ^c   Yoshinouchi, Takeo ^d   Kamei, Tadashi ^e   Tokuda, Michiaki ^a   Hojo, Satoko ^a   Bandou, Shuji ^a   Ueda, Yutaka ^a   Takahara, Jiro ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d Gamagori City Hospital   (Japan)

^e KAGAWA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti cytokeratin 8 antibody; Cytokeratin 8; Immune complexes; Pulmonary fibrosis associated with collagen vascular disorder; Pulmonary fibrosis, idiopathic

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INJURY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

EID: 18744426818     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029537     Document Type: Article

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