Conduct of a biomarker study in bronchiectasis patients: Correlation of neutrophil elastase activity and inflammatory load in induced sputum

H. Watz, J. Nagelschmitz, F. Pedersen, F. C. Ringshausen, A. Kirsten, H. Magnussen, K. F. Rabe, T. Welte, J. Rademacher, C. Rentzsch, C. Schumann, D. Zubov, V. Li, A. Schäfer, S. Schwers (Wuppertal, Grosshansdorf, Hannover, Ulm, Germany)

Source: International Congress 2014 – Systemic and airway biomarkers
Session: Systemic and airway biomarkers
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 2049
Disease area: Airway diseases

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H. Watz, J. Nagelschmitz, F. Pedersen, F. C. Ringshausen, A. Kirsten, H. Magnussen, K. F. Rabe, T. Welte, J. Rademacher, C. Rentzsch, C. Schumann, D. Zubov, V. Li, A. Schäfer, S. Schwers (Wuppertal, Grosshansdorf, Hannover, Ulm, Germany). Conduct of a biomarker study in bronchiectasis patients: Correlation of neutrophil elastase activity and inflammatory load in induced sputum. Eur Respir J 2014; 44: Suppl. 58, 2049

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