A gender difference in circulating neutrophils in malnourished patients with COPD
Author(s) -
Frode Slinde,
Sven Larsson,
Anits Nordenson,
Pernilla Glader,
Shigemi Yoshihara,
Anders Lindén
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s15351
Subject(s) - copd , medicine , myeloperoxidase , gastroenterology , inflammation , elastase , confounding , c reactive protein , immunology , neutrophil elastase , systemic inflammation , biochemistry , chemistry , enzyme
Circulating markers of inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may correlate to disease progression and extrapulmonary complications such as malnourishment. However, surprisingly little is known about gender-related differences for circulating inflammatory markers in COPD.
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