Squamous cellular carcinoma immunocomplexed is increased in scleroderma patients with lung fibrosis [5]

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 794-

  Giannelli, Gianluigi ^a,b   Iannone, F ^a   Fransvea, E ^a   Chiala A ^a   Lapadual, G ^a   Antonaci, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b Immunologia e Malattie Infettive   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCLERODERMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SERPINS;

EID: 37349105707     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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