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Serum metalloproteinase-9 is related to COPD severity and symptoms - cross-sectional data from a population based cohort-study
BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, is an increasing cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and an imbalance between proteases and antiproteases has been implicated to play a role in COPD pathogenesis. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) are important proteases that along with...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4337188/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25849664 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-015-0188-4 |