Article
[COPD: a disease with systemic inflammation].
Revue des maladies respiratoires - 1 Apr 2012
Rochat T
Abstract excerpt
COPD is considered today as an inflammatory disease of the lungs and bronchi, often associated with circulating inflammatory markers and non-respiratory co-morbidities. C-reactive protein is a good example of a circulating biomarker in this disease. Recent studies have shown that it is particularly associated with some phenotypes of COPD, that it is linked with cardiovascular and other co-morbidities, and that it...
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