Biological markers in induced sputum of patients with different phenotypes of chronic airway obstruction.

doi:10.1159/000176385

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Biological markers in induced sputum of patients with different phenotypes of chronic airway obstruction.

Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases - 1 Jan 2009

Bartoli Maria Laura, Di Franco Antonella, Vagaggini Barbara, Bacci Elena, Cianchetti Silvana, Dente Federico Lorenzo, Tonelli Monica, Paggiaro Pier Luigi

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BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous disease characterized by a combination of 3 different disorders, namely chronic asthma, chronic bronchitis and pulmonary emphysema, sometimes simultaneously present in the same subject. OBJECTIVES: The aim of our study wa...

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Aged
Asthma
Biomarkers
Bronchitis, Chronic
Eosinophil Cationic Protein
Female
Granulocytes
Humans
Interleukin-8
Leukocyte Elastase
Male
Middle Aged
Phenotype
Pulmonary Emphysema
Sputum

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PMID: 19075557
DOI: 10.1159/000176385

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