Transforming growth factor β-1 as a predictor of fibrosis in tuberculous pleurisy

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 660-663

  Seiscento, Márcia ^a,b   Vargas, Francisco S ^a   Antonangelo, Leila ^a   Acencio, Milena M P ^a   Bombarda, Sidney ^a   Capelozzi, Vera L ^a   Teixeira, Lisete R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Inflammation; Pleurisy; TGF ; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; FIBROSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURA THICKENING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSUDATIVE EFFUSION; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

ADULT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; PLEURAL EFFUSION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 34548696860     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01135.x     Document Type: Article

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