Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 8 , Pages 1231-1238, August 2009

Serum biomarkers as predictors of lung function decline in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • Yuji Higashimoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Kinki University School of Medicine, 377-2 Ohnohigashi, Osakasayama, Osaka, 589-8511 Japan
    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kinki University School of Medicine, 377-2 Ohnohigashi, Osakasayama, Osaka, 589-8511 Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Kinki University School of Medicine, 377-2 Ohnohigashi, Osakasayama, Osaka, 589-8511 Japan. Tel.: +81 72 366 0221; fax: +81 72 366 0206.
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  • Takuya Iwata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University Kihoku Hospital, 219 Myoji, Katsuragi-cho, Ito-gun, Wakayama Prefecture 649-7113, Japan
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  • Morihiro Okada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University Kihoku Hospital, 219 Myoji, Katsuragi-cho, Ito-gun, Wakayama Prefecture 649-7113, Japan
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  • Hiroaki Satoh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University Kihoku Hospital, 219 Myoji, Katsuragi-cho, Ito-gun, Wakayama Prefecture 649-7113, Japan
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  • Kanji Fukuda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kinki University School of Medicine, 377-2 Ohnohigashi, Osakasayama, Osaka, 589-8511 Japan
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  • Yuji Tohda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Kinki University School of Medicine, 377-2 Ohnohigashi, Osakasayama, Osaka, 589-8511 Japan

Received 7 July 2008; accepted 25 January 2009. published online 02 March 2009.

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PII: S0954-6111(09)00037-7

doi:10.1016/j.rmed.2009.01.021

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 8 , Pages 1231-1238, August 2009

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