The stability of blood eosinophils in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a retrospective study in Belgian primary care

The stability of blood eosinophils in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a retrospective study in Belgian primary care

Abstract Background Blood eosinophil counts (BEC) were recently included in the 2019 Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guideline as an easily accessible theragnostic biomarker for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). However, the stability of BEC remains insufficiently s...

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Main Authors: Inès Van Rossem, Jan Vandevoorde, Shane Hanon, Sander Deridder, Eef Vanderhelst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
COPD
Eosinophils
Biomarkers
Stability/reproducibility
Primary care
Airway inflammation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-020-01234-3

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