Bronchoalveolar lavage chitotriosidase activity as a biomarker of sarcoidosis.

CONCLUSIONS: In comparison to serum CTO no additional benefit of determining CTO in BAL for routine sarcoidosis workup was shown. (Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis 2015; 32: 313-317). PMID: 26847098 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26847098?dopt=Abstract

Source: Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases - February 9, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis Source Type: research

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