[Biomarkers in COPD--do we need them?].

Article

[Biomarkers in COPD--do we need them?].

Pneumonologia i alergologia polska - 1 Jan 2011

Batura-Gabryel Halina

Abstract excerpt

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is still a leading cause of death, with a huge socioeconomic impact. Disease is mostly caused by cigarette smoking, characterized by persistent and progressive airway inflammation with pathological changes in the lungs and extrapulmonary and systemic c...

Topics

Biomarkers
Humans
Phenotype
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

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