Accelerated decline of lung function in COPD patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection: A preliminary study based on small numbers of patients

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Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 596-599

  Kanazawa, Hiroshi ^a   Hirata, Kazuto ^a   Yoshikawa, Junichi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic HCV infection; Cigarette smoking; COPD; Decline of lung function

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SALBUTAMOL; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0037331861     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.2.596     Document Type: Article

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