Levels of inflammatory mediators in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with anemia of chronic disease: a case-control study | Zendy

Afroditi Boutou | Zendy; Georgia Pitsiou | Zendy; Ioannis Stanopoulos | Zendy; Theodoros Kontakiotis | Zendy; George Kyriazis | Zendy; Paraskevi Argyropoulou | Zendy

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Levels of inflammatory mediators in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with anemia of chronic disease: a case-control study

Author(s) -

Afroditi Boutou,

Georgia Pitsiou,

Ioannis Stanopoulos,

Theodoros Kontakiotis,

George Kyriazis,

Paraskevi Argyropoulou

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

qjm

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427

H-Index - 118

eISSN - 1460-2725

pISSN - 1460-2393

DOI - 10.1093/qjmed/hcs024

Subject(s) - medicine , copd , erythropoietin , gastroenterology , anemia of chronic disease , tumor necrosis factor alpha , anemia , pulmonary disease , cytokine , c reactive protein , immunology , inflammation , iron deficiency anemia

Although a subset of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) display anemia, the role of elevated pro-inflammatory cytokines in COPD-related anemia of chronic disease (ACD) has not been fully investigated.

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