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Pulmonary cachexia, systemic inflammatory profile, and the interleukin 1beta -511 single nucleotide polymorphism.
The American journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Nov 2005
Broekhuizen Roelinka, Grimble Robert F, Howell W Martin, Shale Dennis J, Creutzberg Eva C, Wouters Emiel F, Schols Annemie M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cachexia is common in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is thought to be linked to an enhanced systemic inflammatory response. OBJECTIVE: We investigated differences in the systemic inflammatory profile and polymorphisms in related inflammatory genes in COPD patients. D...
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