- Abstract:
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Phenotypes of COPD are increasingly recognised, with classification centred on inflammation and in particular microbes and inflammatory markers within the airways and peripheral blood. Studies focusing on eosinophilic inflammation in COPD have shown the validity of airway and peripheral eosinophilia as a marker to direct treatment with corticosteroids. However, the majority of COPD patients have low sputum and peripheral eosinophils, with a large proportion showing raised sputum neutrophils a...
Expand abstract - Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
- Version:
- Accepted manuscript
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207770.256
- Publisher:
- BMJ Publishing Group Publisher's website
- Volume:
- 70
- Pages:
- A134-A135
- Publication date:
- 2015-12-05
- DOI:
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1468-3296
- ISSN:
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0040-6376
- URN:
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uuid:84871c41-af32-4b3b-83be-226ade0f0cad
- Source identifiers:
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580729
- Local pid:
- pubs:580729
- Copyright holder:
- Hambleton et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2015
- Notes:
- Author(s) retain copyright; published by BMJ Publishing Group with the British Thoracic Society under license. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from BMJ Publishing Group at: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207770.256
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Characterising non-eosinophilic COPD
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