TIMP-1 as a Predictor of Residual Pleural Thickening
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327 Received September 16, 2014; revised and accepted March 13, 2015. Published online April 8, 2015; doi: 10.1620/tjem.235.327. Correspondence: Hak-Ryul Kim, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Wonkwang Medical Science, Wonkwang University, School of Medicine, 344-2 Shinyong-dong, Iksan, Jeonbuk 570-749, Korea. e-mail: [email protected] Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 Is Responsible for Residual Pleural Thickening in Pleural Tuberculosis
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