Airway inflammation in Japanese COPD patients compared with smoking and nonsmoking controls

Nobuhisa Ishikawa,1 Noboru Hattori,2 Nobuoki Kohno,2 Akihiro Kobayashi,3 Tomoyuki Hayamizu,4 Malcolm Johnson5 1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hiroshima Prefectural Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan; 2Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan; 3Biomedical D...

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Main Authors: Ishikawa N, Hattori N, Kohno N, Kobayashi A, Hayamizu T, Johnson M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2015-01-01
Series:International Journal of COPD
Online Access:http://www.dovepress.com/airway-inflammation-in-japanese-copd-patients-compared-with-smoking-an-peer-reviewed-article-COPD