Answer to 'copd and ipf: It's all about regulation and balance'

Thorax

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 490-491

  Hou, Jia ^a,b   Sun, Yongchang ^a   Zeng, Hui ^c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPD - MECHANISMS; IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; LYMPHOCYTE BIOLOGY;

ANTIGENS, CD45; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84898901980     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204987     Document Type: Letter

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