Oxidative modification of albumin in the parenchymal lung tissue of current smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Background: there is accumulating evidence that oxidative stress plays an important role in the pathophysiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). One current hypothesis is that the increased oxidant burden in these patients is not adequately counterbalanced by the lung antioxidant sys...
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2010-12-22.
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