Inflammatory and immunological profiles in patients with COPD: relationship with FEV 1 reversibility

Inflammatory and immunological profiles in patients with COPD: relationship with FEV 1 reversibility

ABSTRACT Objective: To determine whether COPD severity correlates with sputum cell counts, atopy, and asthma. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study involving 37 patients with COPD and 22 healthy subjects with normal lung function (controls). Sputum cell counts were determined by microscopy a...

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Main Authors: Cleriston Farias Queiroz, Antonio Carlos Moreira Lemos, Maria de Lourdes Santana Bastos, Margarida Célia Lima Costa Neves, Aquiles Assunção Camelier, Natália Barbosa Carvalho, Edgar Marcelino de Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
Subjects:
Pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive
Cytokines
Chemokines
Eosinophils
Sputum/cytology
Forced expiratory volume
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