Prognosticating Outcomes in Interstitial Lung Disease by Mediastinal Lymph Node Assessment: An Observational Cohort Study with Independent Validation.

CONCLUSIONS: MLN enlargement predicts TFS and hospitalization risk in ILD, and is associated with decreased levels of a key circulating cytokine sCD40L. Incorporating MLN and cytokine findings into current prediction models might improve ILD prognostication. PMID: 30216085 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)

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