putative roles of circulating resistin in patients with asthma, copd and cigarette smokers
;Sana S. Al Mutairi;Olusegun A. Mojiminiyi;Aida Shihab-Eldeen;Tahani Al Rammah;Nabila Abdella
international journal of psychology : journal international de psychologie2011Vol. 31pp. 1-7
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mutairi2011diseaseputative
Abstract
Aims: To investigate the hypothesis that circulating resistin reflects the degree of pulmonary inflammation, this study explores putative roles of resistin in patients with acute and stable inflammatory obstructive airway diseases and cigarette smokers.