Exhaled breath condensate pH as a biomarker of COPD severity in ex-smokers

Endogenous airway acidification, as assessed by exhaled breath condensate (EBC) pH, is present in patients with stable COPD. The aim of this study was to measure EBC pH levels in a large cohort of COPD patients and to evaluate associations with functional parameters according to their smoking status...

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Autores principales: Papaioannou, Andriana I, Loukides, Stelios, Minas, Markos, Kontogianni, Konstantina, Bakakos, Petros, Gourgoulianis, Konstantinos I, Alchanatis, Manos, Papiris, Spyros, Kostikas, Konstantinos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3120669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21600044
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-12-67

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3120669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21600044
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-12-67

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