...Terhi Söderblom; Peter Nyberg; Tom Pettersson; Matti Klockars; Henrik Riska Concentrations of β 2 -microglobulin (B2M) and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) were measured in pleural fluid (Pf) and serum (S) of 364 patients with pleural effusions. Eleven patients had rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 36...

...Mario Cazzola; Maria Gabriella Matera; Gennaro Liccardi; Francesco De Prisco; Gennaro D’Amato; Francesco Rossi Preliminary reports suggest that some pharmacologic agents may be effective in ameliorating angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor-induced cough and, perhaps, allowing continuing...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Angiotensin-converting enzyme Alveolar macrophage Smoking Respiration 53: 153-157(1988) © I9 8 8 S . Karger A G . Basel 0025-7931/88/0S33-0153 S 2.75/0 Measurement...

...R.G. Gupta; L. Sicilian; R. Catchatourian; C. Bekerman; S. Oparil; J.P. Szidon Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) determinations were made in serum and in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in 20 controls and in 28 patients with sarcoidosis. Serum ACE was significantly higher in patients with active...

... from angiotensin-converting enzyme levels to progressive symptoms, from deteriorating X-ray or pulmonary function tests to clinical or laboratory evidence of prominent extra-thoracic involvement. Our work suggests that Ga scan is more sensitive than chest X-ray in determining the degree and variation...