IL1 may be elevated but is it all bad in ARDS?

Thorax

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 750-751

  Thickett, D R ^a,b   Perkins, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIDAL VOLUME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 49149124644     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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