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[Cyclooxygenase-2 polymorphisms and bronchoalveolar lavage cellularity of sarcoidosis].
Revista de investigacion clinica; organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutricion - 1 Jan 2000
López-Campos José Luis, Rodríguez-Rodríguez David, Rodríguez-Becerra Eulogio, Alfageme-Michavila Inmaculada, Fernández-Guerra José, García-Hernández Francisco Javier, Casanova Alvaro, Fernández de Córdoba Javier, Romero-Ortiz Ana, Arellano-Orden Elena, Montes-Worboys Ana
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Recent studies have found cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and its polymorphisms to be associated with sarcoidosis, being it significantly decreased in alveolar macrophages, with no information on the relationship between these polymorphisms and the rest of cells in bronchoalveolar layage (BAL). The present study aimed to investigate the potential association between COX-2 gene polymorphisms and the BAL cell...
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