A low sputum MMP-9 activity/TIMP ratio is associated with CT airway wall thickness in smokers with asthma

R. Chaudhuri, C. McSharry, J. Brady, C. Grierson, C. M. Messow, M. Spears, K. Nocka, W. MacNee, M. Connell, J. Murchison, M. Sproule, D. Miller, N. Thomson (Glasgow, Dundee, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Cambridge MA & Collegeville, PA, United States Of America)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Systemic and airway biomarkers in respiratory diseases
Session: Systemic and airway biomarkers in respiratory diseases
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 834
Disease area: Airway diseases

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