Respiratory Medicine
Volume 101, Issue 10 , Pages 2199-2206 , October 2007

Bronchoalveolar matrix metalloproteinase 9 relates to restrictive lung function impairment in systemic sclerosis

  • Grethe Neumann Andersen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
    • ,
  • Kenneth Nilsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, University Hospital of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
    • Contribution equal to first authorship.
    • ,
  • Jamshid Pourazar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, University Hospital of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
    • ,
  • Tillie-Louise Hackett

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cell Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
    • ,
  • Elsadig Kazzam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
    • Department of Cardiology, Eskilstuna Hospital, Eskilstuna, Sweden
    • ,
  • Anders Blomberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, University Hospital of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
    • ,
  • Anders Waldenström

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Eskilstuna Hospital, Eskilstuna, Sweden
    • ,
  • Jane Warner

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cell Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
    • ,
  • Solbritt Rantapää-Dahlqvist

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
    • ,
  • Lucia Mincheva-Nilsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
    • ,
  • Thomas Sandström

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, University Hospital of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +4690141369.

Received 1 December 2006 ,Accepted 22 April 2007.

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PII: S0954-6111(07)00184-9

doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2007.04.019

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 101, Issue 10 , Pages 2199-2206 , October 2007

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