Comparison of inflammatory markers in induced and spontaneous sputum in a cohort of COPD patients

BACKGROUND: Sputum induction is a non-invasive method for obtaining measurements of inflammation in the airways. Whether spontaneously sampled sputum can be a valid surrogate is unknown. The aim of this study was to compare levels of six inflammatory markers in sputum pairs consisting of induced and...

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Autores principales: Tangedal, Solveig, Aanerud, Marianne, Persson, Louise JP, Brokstad, Karl A, Bakke, Per S, Eagan, Tomas M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4237726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25398249
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-014-0138-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4237726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25398249
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-014-0138-6

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