KL-6 concentration in pulmonary epithelial lining fluid is a useful prognostic indicator in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

BACKGROUND: KL-6 is a mucin-like glycoprotein expressed on the surface of alveolar type II cells. Elevated concentrations of KL-6 in serum and epithelial lining fluid (ELF) in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) have been previously reported; however, kinetics and prognostic sig...

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Autores principales: Kondo, Tomohiro, Hattori, Noboru, Ishikawa, Nobuhisa, Murai, Hiroshi, Haruta, Yoshinori, Hirohashi, Nobuyuki, Tanigawa, Koichi, Kohno, Nobuoki
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3068089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21418654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-12-32

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