Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease phenotypes: Current rather than future perspectives

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 589-590

  Postma, Dirkje S ^a   Sterk, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84857892031     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.185.5.589     Document Type: Letter

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