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Sex and inflammation in respiratory diseases: a clinical viewpoint

This review discusses sex differences in the prognosis of acute or chronic inflammatory diseases. The consequences of severe inflammation vary in relation to sex, depending on illness duration. In the majority of acute diseases, males present higher mortality rates, whereas continuous chronic inflam...

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Autores principales: Casimir, Georges J, Lefèvre, Nicolas, Corazza, Francis, Duchateau, Jean
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3765878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24128344
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2042-6410-4-16