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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Main Authors: Ding Liu, Maureen Meister, Shiying Zhang, Chi-In Vong, Shuaishuai Wang, Ruixie Fang, Lei Li, Peng George Wang, Pierre Massion, Xiangming Ji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Respiratory Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12931-020-01507-9