BIOCHEMICAL-CHANGES IN SARCOIDOSIS

Authors
COSTABEL U TESCHLER H
Citation
U. Costabel et H. Teschler, BIOCHEMICAL-CHANGES IN SARCOIDOSIS, Clinics in chest medicine, 18(4), 1997, pp. 827
Citations number
194
Journal title
Clinics in chest medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
02725231
Volume
18
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0272-5231(1997)18:4<827:BIS>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Biochemical markers in sarcoidosis are closely related to the immunolo gical events and the activity of inflammatory effector cells at sites of granuloma formation. The markers can be measured in serum, then ref lecting whole body concentration, or in BAL fluid, then indicating act ivity in the lung. Only calcium and ACE serum levels have gained a pro ven value in the clinical field.