The search for autoantibodies against elastin, collagen and decorin in COPD

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1289-1292

  Brandsma, C A ^a   Kerstjens, H A M ^a   Geerlings, M ^a   Kerkhof, M ^a   Hylkema, M N ^a   Postma, D S ^a   Timens, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; AUTOANTIBODY; COLLAGEN; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN ANTIBODY; DECORIN; ELASTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPHYSEMA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG FIBROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SMOKING; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; COLLAGEN; DECORIN; ELASTIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING;

EID: 79955668551     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00116710     Document Type: Letter

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