Amyloid associated with elastin-staining laminar aggregates in the lungs of patients diagnosed with acute respiratory distress syndrome

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Fan, Kang ^a,b   Nagle, William A ^a,c  

^a CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; CONGO RED; ELASTIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUTROPHIL; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; STAINING; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 2642541697     PISSN: 14712466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-2-5     Document Type: Article

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