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Circulating neutrophils levels are a predictor of pneumonia risk in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have excess risk of developing pneumonia; however, no definitive biomarkers of risk have been established. We hypothesized that blood neutrophils would help predict pneumonia risk in COPD. METHODS: A meta-analysis of randomized,...

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Autores principales: Pascoe, Steven J., Papi, Alberto, Midwinter, Dawn, Lettis, Sally, Barnes, Neil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6708190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31443653
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-019-1157-0