Two proteins for the diagnosis of lung diseases
5th Sep 2005, 14:30 GMT
Immunohistochemical analysis combined with fibronectin and tenascin enables the diagnosis of fibroproliferative lung diseases to be carried out with greater reliability. Fibroproliferative lung disease is a lung function pathology covering some 200 diseases, amongst the most common being pulmonary fibrosis.
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