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Airway and Systemic Inflammation and Decline in Lung Function in Patients With COPD

STUDY OBJECTIVES: Patients with COPD experience lower airway and systemic inflammation, and an accelerated decline in FEV(1). There is no evidence on whether this inflammation changes over time, or if it is associated with a faster decline in FEV(1). PATIENTS AND DESIGN: A cohort of 148 COPD patient...

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Autores principales: Donaldson, Gavin C., Seemungal, Terence A.R., Patel, Irem S., Bhowmik, Angshu, Wilkinson, Tom M.A., Hurst, John R., MacCallum, Peter K., Wedzicha, Jadwiga A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American College of Chest Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7172405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16236847
http://dx.doi.org/10.1378/chest.128.4.1995