Clinical significance of serum anti-GM-CSF autoantibody levels in autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.
Nishimura M, Yamaguchi E, Takahashi A, Asai N, Katsuda E, Ohta T, Ohtsuka Y, Kosaka K, Matsubara A, Tanaka H, Yokoe N, Kubo A, Konno S, Baba K.
Nishimura M, et al.
Biomark Med. 2018 Feb;12(2):151-159. doi: 10.2217/bmm-2017-0362. Epub 2017 Dec 5.
Biomark Med. 2018.
PMID: 29202602
METHODS: We obtained sera from 50 healthy controls, 46 aPAP patients, 50 with sarcoidosis, 52 with idiopathic interstitial pneumonia and 75 with pneumoconiosis. The clinical course of aPAP patients was assessed by scoring computed tomography images in 19 patients. ...
METHODS: We obtained sera from 50 healthy controls, 46 aPAP patients, 50 with sarcoidosis, 52 with idiopathic interstitial pneumonia and 75 …