Ageing and smoking contribute to plasma surfactant proteins and protease imbalance with correlations to airway obstruction

H. Ilumets, W. Mazur, T. Toljamo, N. Louhelainen, P. Nieminen, H. Kobayashi, N. Ishikawa, V. Kinnula (Helsinki, Rovaniemi, Oulu, Finland; Tokorozawa, Hiroshima, Japan)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - The ageing pulmonary interstitium
Session: The ageing pulmonary interstitium
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 796
Disease area: Airway diseases

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