Value of s-ACE, BAL lymphocytosis, and CD4 +/CD8+ and CD103+CD4+/CD4+ T-cell ratios in diagnosis of sarcoidosis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1037-1039

  Hyldgaard, C ^a   Kaae, S ^a   Riddervold, M ^a   Hoffmann, H J ^a   Hilberg, O ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD103 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

CD103 CD4 CD4 RATIO; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAGING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTIGENS, CD; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CD4-CD8 RATIO; HUMANS; INTEGRIN ALPHA CHAINS; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; RENIN; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84860335385     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00144311     Document Type: Letter

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