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Basement membrane and vascular remodelling in smokers and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Little is known about airway remodelling in bronchial biopsies (BB) in smokers and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We conducted an initial pilot study comparing BB from COPD patients with nonsmoking controls. This pilot study suggested the presence of reticular basement mem...

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Autores principales: Soltani, Amir, Reid, David W, Sohal, Sukhwinder S, Wood-Baker, Richard, Weston, Steve, Muller, H Konrad, Walters, E Haydn
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2918561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20670454
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-11-105