SP-D Serum Levels Reveal Distinct Epithelial Damage in Direct Human ARDS

Serum vitamin D levels in girls with central precocious puberty

Precocious puberty can cause several adverse effects on final growth and social behavior in girls. Recently studies showed that low serum vitamin D levels might be associated with precocious puberty. The aim of  this research was to investigate the association between serum vitamin D levels and central precocious puberty in girls. Girls with central precocious puberty under the age of 8 we...

Seasonal variation of serum KL-6 and SP-D levels in bird-related hypersensitivity pneumonitis.

Bird-related hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an immunologically mediated lung disease induced by inhalation of bird dropping extracts and antigens in feathers (1). Environmental assessment and removal of the avian antigen are crucial in the management of bird-related HP. Measurement of serum Krebs von den Lungen-6 (KL-6) and surfactant protein D (SP-D) is widely accepted in Japan, as a dia...

Normal serum vitamin D levels.

515 and prompt intrathecal administration of antiserum would make such adjuvant therapy problematic. Morton N. Swartz, M.D. Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 02114 1. Fothergill LD. Hemophilus influenzae (Pfeiffer bacillus) meningitis and its specific treatment. N Engl J Med 1937;216:58790. 2. Flexner S. The results of the serum treatment in thirteen hundred cases of epidemic meningitis...

Vitamin D serum levels in allergic rhinitis

Impact of serum SP-A and SP-D levels on comparison and prognosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has a poor prognosis in general; however, it is heterogeneous to detect relative biomarkers for predicting the disease progression. Serum biomarkers can be conveniently collected to detect and help to differentially diagnose IPF and predict IPF prognosis. This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the use of serum surfactant proteins A and ...