Assessment of airway inflammation using sputum, BAL, and endobronchial biopsies in current and ex-smokers with established COPD

RATIONALE: Smoking effects on physiological and gross pathology in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are relatively well described. However, there is little known in COPD about the detailed interrelationships between lung function and inflammatory profiles in different airway compartments...

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Autores principales: Wen, Yudong, Reid, David W, Zhang, Dongcheng, Ward, Chris, Wood-Baker, Richard, Walters, E Haydn
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2010
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2962298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21037956
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S11343

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2962298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21037956
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S11343

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