Acquired alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency in tropical pulmonary eosinophilia

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 79-82

  Ray, Debidas ^a   Harikrishna, S ^a   Immanuel, Chandra ^a   Victor, Lalitha ^a   Subramanyam, Sudha ^a   Kumaraswami, V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

1 antitrypsin; Acquired deficiency; Phenotyping; Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLELE; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TROPICAL LUNG EOSINOPHILIA; WORM INFECTION;

EID: 80054739270     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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