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Body Composition in Severe Refractory Asthma: Comparison with COPD Patients and Healthy Smokers

BACKGROUND: Body composition is an important parameter for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) whereas the association between asthma and obesity is not fully understood. The impact of severe refractory asthma (SRA) on fat free mass (FFM) has not been investigated. METHODOLOGY...

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Autores principales: Minas, Markos, Papaioannou, Andriana I., Tsaroucha, Agori, Daniil, Zoe, Hatzoglou, Chrissi, Sgantzos, Markos, Gourgoulianis, Konstantinos I., Kostikas, Konstantinos
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2950851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20949085
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013233