Red cell macrocytosis in COPD patients without respiratory insufficiency: A brief report

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 349-352

  Garcia Pachon, Eduardo ^a   Padilla Navas, Isabel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

COPD; Dyspnea; Macrocytosis; Red cell; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEGALOCYTOSIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SMOKING;

AGED; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING;

EID: 33846123303     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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