Cystic fibrosis disease severity correlates with plasma levels of desmosine and isodesmosine, biomarkers of elastin degradation

Shuren Ma, Patrick Geraghty, Abdoulaye Dabo, Cormac McCarthy, N. Gerry McElvaney, Gerard M. Turino

Source: ERJ Open Res, 5 (2) 00250-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00250-2018
Journal Issue: April
Disease area: Airway diseases

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Shuren Ma, Patrick Geraghty, Abdoulaye Dabo, Cormac McCarthy, N. Gerry McElvaney, Gerard M. Turino. Cystic fibrosis disease severity correlates with plasma levels of desmosine and isodesmosine, biomarkers of elastin degradation. ERJ Open Res, 5 (2) 00250-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00250-2018

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