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Low immunoglobulin levels affect the course of COPD in hospitalized patients

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects up to 10% of Canadians. Patients with COPD may present with secondary humoral immunodeficiency as a result of chronic disease, poor nutrition or frequent courses of oral corticosteroids; decreased humoral immunity may predispose these...

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Autores principales: Palikhe, Nami Shrestha, Niven, Malcena, Fuhr, Desi, Sinnatamby, Tristan, Rowe, Brian H., Bhutani, Mohit, Stickland, Michael K., Vliagoftis, Harissios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9885564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36710354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13223-023-00762-x