Open AccessBiological Markers in Induced Sputum of Patients with Different Phenotypes of Chronic Airway Obstruction
Author(s) -
Maria Laura Bartoli,
Antonella Di Franco,
Barbara Vagaggini,
Elena Bacci,
Silvana Cianchetti,
Federico L. Dente,
M. Tonelli,
Pier Luigi Paggiaro
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000176385
Subject(s) - medicine , sputum , airway obstruction , airway , phenotype , respiratory disease , pathology , surgery , lung , tuberculosis , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous disease characterized by a combination of 3 different disorders, namely chronic asthma, chronic bronchitis and pulmonary emphysema, sometimes simultaneously present in the same subject.
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