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Cytokine profiling of pulmonary aspergillosis.
International journal of immunogenetics - 1 Aug 2006
Sambatakou H, Pravica V, Hutchinson I V, Denning D W
Abstract excerpt
Aspergillus fumigatus is ubiquitous and yet causes invasive, chronic and allergic disease of the lung. Chronic cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis (CCPA) is a slowly destructive form of pulmonary aspergillosis, without immunocompromise. We hypothesized that CCPA cytokine gene polymorphisms would differ from patients with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) and uninfected controls. We have profiled...
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