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Metabolic changes of different high-resolution computed tomography phenotypes of COPD after budesonide-formoterol treatment.
International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - 1 Jan 2017
Wang Cheng, Li Jun-Xiong, Tang Dang, Zhang Jian-Qing, Fang Li-Zhou, Fu Wei-Ping, Liu Ling, Dai Lu-Ming
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BACKGROUND: Metabolomics is the global unbiased analysis of all the small-molecule metabolites within a biological system. Metabolic profiling of different high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) phenotypes of COPD patients before and after treatment may identify discriminatory metabolites that can serve as biomarkers and therapeutic agents. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy...
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