Relative lymphocyte count as an indicator of 3-year mortality in elderly people with severe COPD

Relative lymphocyte count as an indicator of 3-year mortality in elderly people with severe COPD

Abstract Background Prognostic stratification of elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is difficult due to the wide inter-individual variability in the course of the disease. No marker can exactly stratify the evolution and natural history of COPD patients. Studies have...

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Main Authors: Domenico Acanfora, Pietro Scicchitano, Mauro Carone, Chiara Acanfora, Giuseppe Piscosquito, Roberto Maestri, Annapaola Zito, Ilaria Dentamaro, Marialaura Longobardi, Gerardo Casucci, Raffaele Antonelli-Incalzi, Marco Matteo Ciccone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Lymphocyte
Mortality
Elderly
COPD
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-018-0685-6

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