Patient characteristics and clinical features of Japanese sarcoidosis patients with low bronchoalveolar lavage CD4/CD8 ratios

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 154-160

  Handa, Tomohiro ^a   Nagai, Sonoko ^a   Shigematsu, Michio ^b   Tabuena, Rollin P ^a   Takeuchi, Minoru ^c   Mikuniya, Takeshi ^d   Hamada, Kunio ^e   Izumi, Takateru ^f   Mishima, Michiaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUMITOMO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KYOTO SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f Central Clinic in Kyoto   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; CD4 CD8; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INJURY; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SEX RATIO; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CELL COUNT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 22544432250     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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