Schistosomal Cor pulmonale: A Fluke in the Fas Lane?
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Schistosomal cor pulmonale: A fluke in the Fas lane?
Accessible online at: www.karger.com/res The paper by Salama et al. [1, this issue of Respiration] correlating elevated serum Fas levels with cor pulmonale in schistosomiasis (caused by a subgroup of trematodes – flukes) may have broad implications for respiratory physicians. The Fas receptor and Fas ligand (CD95) system, being respectively related to the TNF-receptor (R) and the TNF families, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Respiration
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0025-7931,1423-0356
DOI: 10.1159/000075199