Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 553-558 , July 2007

Peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptors in bronchoalveolar lavage cells of patients with interstitial lung disease

  • Howard M. Branley

      Affiliations

    • Imperial College London, Hammersmith Campus, W12 OHS London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Whittington Hospital, London N19 5NF, UK. Tel.: +44 20 7288 5272; fax: +44 20 7288 5060.
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  • Roland M. du Bois

      Affiliations

    • Royal Brompton Hospital, SW3 6NP London, UK
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  • Athol U. Wells

      Affiliations

    • Royal Brompton Hospital, SW3 6NP London, UK
    • ,
  • Hazel A. Jones

      Affiliations

    • Imperial College London, Hammersmith Campus, W12 OHS London, UK

Received 16 December 2006 ,Revised 13 February 2007 ,Accepted 20 March 2007.

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☆ Funding for this study was provided by the Raynaud's and Scleroderma Association of the United Kingdom.

PII: S0969-8051(07)00089-3

doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2007.03.005

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 553-558 , July 2007

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