Blood cell for the differentiation of airway inflammatory phenotypes in COPD exacerbations

Blood cell for the differentiation of airway inflammatory phenotypes in COPD exacerbations

Abstract Background Measurement of sputum is frequently used to define airway inflammatory subtypes. The venous blood cell is a reliable and simple biomarker, may be used as an alternative procedure to reflect the subtypes. For the aim of verifying the hypothesis that venous blood cell can quantify...

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Main Authors: Jie Gao, Bida Chen, Sifang Wu, Feng Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Sputum
Blood
Eosinophil
Neutrophil
Inflammatory ratios
COPD exacerbations
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-020-1086-1

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