Airway inflammation in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Relationship with lung function and radiologic emphysema

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 105-110

  Turato, Graziella ^a,b,c,d,e   Zuin, Renzo ^a,b,c,d,e   Miniati, Massimo ^a,b,c,d,e   Baraldo, Simonetta ^a,b,c,d,e   Rea, Federico ^a,b,c,d,e   Beghé, Bianca ^a,b,c,d,e   Monti, Simonetta ^a,b,c,d,e   Formichi, Bruno ^a,b,c,d,e   Boschetto, Piera ^a,b,c,d,e   Harari, Sergio ^a,b,c,d,e   Papi, Alberto ^a,b,c,d,e   Maestrelli, Piero ^a,b,c,d,e   Fabbri, Leonardo M ^a,b,c,d,e   Saetta, Marina ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^e S Giuseppe Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airflow obstruction; Airway inflammation; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPHYSEMA; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SMOKING; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIGENS, CD45; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SMOKING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036644755     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2111084     Document Type: Article

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