Circulating thymus and activation-regulated chemokine/CC chemokine ligand 17 is a strong candidate diagnostic marker for interstitial lung disease in patients with malignant tumors: a result from a pilot study

Hiromichi Yamane, Nobuaki Ochi, Tomoko Yamagishi, Yoshihiro Honda, Masami Takeyama, Nagio TakigawaDepartment of General Internal Medicine 4, Kawasaki Medical School, Kita-ku, Okayama, JapanIntroduction: Serum Krebs von den Lungen-6 (KL-6) level is an established diagnostic marker of interstitial lun...

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Main Authors: Yamane H, Ochi N, Yamagishi T, Honda Y, Takeyama M, Takigawa N
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2015-06-01
Series:Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management
Online Access:http://www.dovepress.com/circulating-thymus-and-activation-regulated-chemokinecc-chemokine-liga-peer-reviewed-article-TCRM