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Serum CCL-18 level is a risk factor for COPD exacerbations requiring hospitalization
INTRODUCTION: Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 18 (CCL-18) has been shown to be elevated in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. This study primarily aimed to evaluate whether the serum CCL-18 level differentiates the frequent exacerbator COPD phenotype from infrequent exacerbators. Th...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5221541/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28115842 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S118424 |