Associations between statins and COPD: a systematic review

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Statins have anti-inflammatory and immunomodulating properties which could possibly influence inflammatory airways disease. We assessed evidence for disease modifying effects of statin treatment in patients with chronic obstructive p...

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Main Authors: Wong Keith K, Dobler Claudia C, Marks Guy B
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-07-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2466/9/32