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Saliva as a non-invasive specimen for COPD assessment

BACKGROUND: People with COPD have been reported to bear a distinct airway microbiota from healthy individuals based on bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and sputum samples. Unfortunately, the collection of these samples involves relatively invasive procedures and is resource-demanding, limiting its regul...

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Autores principales: Melo-Dias, Sara, Valente, Carla, Andrade, Lília, Marques, Alda, Sousa, Ana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8800366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35093093
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-022-01935-9