Exhaled breath condensate pH as a biomarker of COPD severity in ex-smokers

Endogenous airway acidification, as assessed by exhaled breath condensate (EBC) pH, is present in patients with stable COPD. The aim of this study was to measure EBC pH levels in a large cohort of COPD patients and to evaluate associations with functional parameters according to their smoking status...

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Main Authors: Papaioannou, Andriana I, Loukides, Stelios, Minas, Markos, Kontogianni, Konstantina, Bakakos, Petros, Gourgoulianis, Konstantinos I, Alchanatis, Manos, Papiris, Spyros, Kostikas, Konstantinos
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3120669/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21600044
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-12-67
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