Effects of inhaled corticosteroids on sputum cell counts in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and a meta-analysis.

Authors:
Gan WQ; Man SF; Sin DD.

Journal:
BMC Pulm Med

Publication Year: 2005

DOI:
10.1186/1471-2466-5-3

PMCID:
PMC552309

PMID:
15707484

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Full Title: BMC Pulm Med

Abbreviation: BMC Pulm Med

Country: Unknown

Publisher: Unknown

Language: N/A

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Subject Category: Pulmonary Medicine

Available in Europe PMC: Yes

Available in PMC: Yes

PDF Available: No

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"Competing interests DDS and SFP have received honoraria for speaking engagements from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) & AstraZeneca, and have received consultation fees and research funding from GSK. However, no part of this work was financed by these companies. This work was funded by Canada Research Chair and a Michael Smith/St. Paul's Hospital Foundation Professorship in COPD."

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"AcknowledgementsThe authors thank Dr. Füsu Yildiz, Dr. Hisatoshi Sugiura, and Dr. Arzu Mirici for providing additional data for this study.DDS is supported by a Canada Research Chair (Respiration) and a Michael Smith/St. Paul's Hospital Foundation Professorship in COPD."

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