Vascular endothelial growth factor levels in active pulmonary tuberculosis

Chest

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2156-2159

  Alatas, Füsun ^a,b   Alatas, Özkan ^a   Metintas, Muzaffer ^a   Özarslan, Aysen ^a   Erginel, Sinan ^a   Yildirim, Hüseyin ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lung; Tuberculosis; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 2942738834     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.6.2156     Document Type: Article

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