Sarcoidosis and Tuberculosis Cytokine Profiles: Indistinguishable in Bronchoalveolar Lavage but Different in Blood

BACKGROUND: The clinical, radiological and pathological similarities between sarcoidosis and tuberculosis can make disease differentiation challenging. A complicating factor is that some cases of sarcoidosis may be initiated by mycobacteria. We hypothesised that immunological profiling might provide...

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Autores principales: Thillai, Muhunthan, Eberhardt, Christian, Lewin, Alex M., Potiphar, Lee, Hingley-Wilson, Suzie, Sridhar, Saranya, Macintyre, Jonathan, Kon, Onn Min, Wickremasinghe, Melissa, Wells, Athol, Weeks, Mark E., Mitchell, Donald, Lalvani, Ajit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3398021/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22815689
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038083

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