Airway inflammation in Japanese COPD patients compared with smoking and nonsmoking controls
Nobuhisa Ishikawa,1 Noboru Hattori,2 Nobuoki Kohno,2 Akihiro Kobayashi,3 Tomoyuki Hayamizu,4 Malcolm Johnson5 1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hiroshima Prefectural Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan; 2Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan; 3Biomedical Da...
Main Authors: | Ishikawa N, Hattori N, Kohno N, Kobayashi A, Hayamizu T, Johnson M |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2015-01-01
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Series: | International Journal of COPD |
Online Access: | http://www.dovepress.com/airway-inflammation-in-japanese-copd-patients-compared-with-smoking-an-peer-reviewed-article-COPD |
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