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Randomised, controlled trial of N-acetylcysteine for treatment of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [ISRCTN21676344]

BACKGROUND: Prophylactic treatment with N-acetylcysteine (NAC) for 3 months or more is associated with a reduction in the frequency of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This raises the question of whether treatment with NAC during an acute exacerbation will hasten recove...

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Autores principales: Black, Peter N, Morgan-Day, Althea, McMillan, Tracey E, Poole, Phillippa J, Young, Robert P
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC539269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15581425
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-4-13