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Bacterial microbiome of lungs in COPD

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is currently the third leading cause of death in the world. Although smoking is the main risk factor for this disease, only a minority of smokers develop COPD. Why this happens is largely unknown. Recent discoveries by the human microbiome project have sh...

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Autores principales: Sze, Marc A, Hogg, James C, Sin, Don D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3937108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24591822
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S38932