Alcohol abuse, the alveolar macrophage and pneumonia

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 343, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 244-247

  Mehta, Ashish J ^a,b   Guidot, David M ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Glutathione; Pneumonia; Zinc

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; PNEUMONIA; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84857650070     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31823ede77     Document Type: Article

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