Identification of lipid biomarker from serum in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Abstract Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death in the United States with no effective treatment. The current diagnostic method, spirometry, does not accurately reflect the severity of COPD disease status. Therefore, there is a pressing unmet medi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-09-01
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Series: | Respiratory Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12931-020-01507-9 |