Increased circulating fibrocytes associated with lung function decline in COPD patients with desaturation during 6 minute walk test

Chun-Hua Wang (Taipei, Taiwan), Chun-Hua Wang, Tzu-Ting Huang, Han-Pin Kuo

Source: International Congress 2015 – Airway remodelling: recent developments
Session: Airway remodelling: recent developments
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 889
Disease area: Airway diseases

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Chun-Hua Wang (Taipei, Taiwan), Chun-Hua Wang, Tzu-Ting Huang, Han-Pin Kuo. Increased circulating fibrocytes associated with lung function decline in COPD patients with desaturation during 6 minute walk test. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: Suppl. 59, 889

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