Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học 'Respiratory Research cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài:Airway inflammation contributes to health status in COPD: a cross-sectional study. | Respiratory Research BioMed Central Open Access Airway inflammation contributes to health status in COPD a cross-sectional study Jiska B Snoeck-Stroband 1 2 Dirkje S Postma4 Thérèse S Lapperre2 Margot ME Gosman4 Henk A Thiadens1 Henk F Kauffman5 Jacob K Sont3 Désirée F Jansen6 and Peter J Sterk2 Address 1General Practice Leiden University Medical Center Leiden The Netherlands 2Pulmonology Leiden University Medical Center Leiden The Netherlands 3Medical Decision Making Leiden University Medical Center Leiden The Netherlands 4Pulmonology University Medical Center Groningen Groningen The Netherlands 5Allergology University Medical Center Groningen Groningen The Netherlands and 6Epidemiology and Bioinformatics University Medical Center Groningen Groningen The Netherlands Email Jiska B Snoeck-Stroband - Dirkje S Thérèse S Margot ME Henk AThiadens - Henk F Kauffman - Jacob K Sont - Désirée F Jansen - Peter J Sterk - Corresponding author Published 30 November 2006 Received 15 May 2006 Accepted 30 November 2006 Respiratory Research 2006 7 140 doi l 465-9921-7-140 This article is available from http content 7 1 140 2006 Snoeck-Stroband et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD is characterized by irreversible airflow limitation and airway inflammation accompanied by decreased health status. It is still unknown which factors are responsible for the impaired health status in COPD. We postulated that airway .
