Title: Progress on treatment of systemic inflammation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Abstract: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex disorder,characterized not only by local pulmonary inflammation, but also by systemic inflammation that might have an adverse impact on various extrapulmonary organs. Now several new therapeutic strategies aimed at controlling the systemic inflammatory processes of COPD are under development. This review is to introduce the advanced progress in the treatment aimed at systemic inflammation in COPD patients.
Key words:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Systemic inflammation
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-11-20
Language: en
Type: article
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