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Potential prognostic value of biomarkers in lavage, sputum and serum in a five year clinical follow-up of smokers with and without COPD

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to test whether repeatable biomarkers collected from serum, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and sputum of healthy smokers and smokers with COPD would have a prognostic value with respect to the decline in lung function over a 5 year period. METHODS: In 2006/2007 we...

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Autores principales: Holz, Olaf, Waschki, Benjamin, Roepcke, Stefan, Watz, Henrik, Lauer, Gereon, Faulenbach, Cornelia, Hohlfeld, Jens M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4021348/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24581181
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-14-30

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