Leukotriene B4 in Exhaled Breath Condensate and Sputum Supernatant in Patients With COPD and Asthma

Some patients with COPD present with significant reversibility of airflow limitation after receiving bronchodilation therapy. Leukotriene B4 (LTB4) has been implicated in the pathophysiology of both COPD and asthma. We tested the hypothesis that COPD patients with airflow reversibility and asthmatic...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Chest 2005-05, Vol.127 (5), p.1553-1559
Hauptverfasser:	Kostikas, Konstantinos, Gaga, Mina, Papatheodorou, Georgios, Karamanis, Thomas, Orphanidou, Dora, Loukides, Stelios
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged asthma Asthma - diagnosis Biological and medical sciences Breath Tests Cardiology. Vascular system Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma COPD Cross-Sectional Studies Diagnosis, Differential exhaled breath condensate Humans induced sputum leukotriene B4 Leukotriene B4 - analysis Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Pneumology Prospective Studies Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - diagnosis reversibility Sputum - chemistry
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