Persistent systemic inflammation is associated with poor clinical outcomes in COPD: a novel phenotype.

Persistent systemic inflammation is associated with poor clinical outcomes in COPD: a novel phenotype.

Because chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous condition, the identification of specific clinical phenotypes is key to developing more effective therapies. To explore if the persistence of systemic inflammation is associated with poor clinical outcomes in COPD we assessed pa...

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Main Authors: Alvar Agustí, Lisa D Edwards, Stephen I Rennard, William MacNee, Ruth Tal-Singer, Bruce E Miller, Jørgen Vestbo, David A Lomas, Peter M A Calverley, Emiel Wouters, Courtney Crim, Julie C Yates, Edwin K Silverman, Harvey O Coxson, Per Bakke, Ruth J Mayer, Bartolome Celli, Evaluation of COPD Longitudinally to Identify Predictive Surrogate Endpoints (ECLIPSE) Investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3356313?pdf=render

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