High dose N-acetyl cysteine improves inflammatory response and outcome in patients with COPD exacerbations

High dose N-acetyl cysteine improves inflammatory response and outcome in patients with COPD exacerbations

Introduction: COPD is a common preventable and treatable disease characterized by persistent airflow limitation that is usually progressive and associated with an enhanced chronic inflammatory response in the airways and the lung to noxious particles or gases. Exacerbations and co-morbidities contri...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Mahmoud Abd El Hafiz, Lamia Mohammed El Wakeel, Hend Mohammed El Hady, Abd El Raheem Mourad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
Subjects:
COPD
Exacerbations
NAC
IL-8
Oxidative stress
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763813000253

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