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Hemosiderin-laden macrophages are an independent factor correlated with pulmonary vascular resistance in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a case control study

BACKGROUND: Increases in hemosiderin-laden macrophages (HLM) are reported to be observed in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). According to a recent study, significant correlation between hemosiderin deposition in the lung tissue of IPF and pulmonary hypertension evaluated by echocardiography has...

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Autores principales: Fukihara, Jun, Taniguchi, Hiroyuki, Ando, Masahiko, Kondoh, Yasuhiro, Kimura, Tomoki, Kataoka, Kensuke, Furukawa, Taiki, Johkoh, Takeshi, Fukuoka, Junya, Sakamoto, Koji, Hasegawa, Yoshinori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5294720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28166761
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-017-0376-8