To reg or not to reg: That is the question in COPD

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 486-488

  Baraldo, S ^a   Saetta, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HELPER CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SMOKING; UPREGULATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 42949098935     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00000608     Document Type: Editorial

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