Persistent systemic inflammation is associated with poor clinical outcomes in COPD: a novel phenotype.

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Published in PLoS One on May 18, 2012

Authors

Alvar Agustí1, Lisa D Edwards, Stephen I Rennard, William MacNee, Ruth Tal-Singer, Bruce E Miller, Jørgen Vestbo, David A Lomas, Peter M A Calverley, Emiel Wouters, Courtney Crim, Julie C Yates, Edwin K Silverman, Harvey O Coxson, Per Bakke, Ruth J Mayer, Bartolome Celli, Evaluation of COPD Longitudinally to Identify Predictive Surrogate Endpoints (ECLIPSE) Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Thorax Institute, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona and Centro de investigación en red de enfermedades respiratorias (CIBERES), Barcelona, Spain. alvar.agusti@clinic.ub.es

Associated clinical trials:

Evaluation of COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) to Longitudinally Identify Predictive Surrogate Endpoints (ECLIPSE) | NCT00292552

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