Value of C-reactive protein measurements in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 664-667

  Dev, D ^a,b   Wallace, E ^a   Sankaran, R ^a   Cunniffe, J ^a   Govan, J R W ^a   Wathen, C G ^a   Emmanuel, F X S ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHERHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031946651     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(98)90515-7     Document Type: Article

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