A Systematic Review of Diagnostic Biomarkers of COPD Exacerbation.

The aims of this systematic review were to determine which blood-based molecules have been evaluated as possible biomarkers to diagnose chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations (AECOPD) and to ascertain the quality of these biomarker publications. Patients of interest were those th...

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Main Authors: Yu-Wei Roy Chen, Janice M Leung, Don D Sin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4951145?pdf=render