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Blood Eosinophils and Exacerbations in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. The Copenhagen General Population Study

Signe Vedel‐Krogh, Sune F. Nielsen, Peter Lange, Jørgen Vestbo, Børge G. Nordestgaard

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2015 · 419 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

Among individuals with COPD in the general population, increased blood eosinophil levels above 0.34 × 10(9) cells per liter were associated with a 1.76-fold increased risk of severe exacerbations.

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Rafael Lozano, Mohsen Naghavi, Kyle J Foreman et al. · The Lancet · 2012 · 14.1K citations · Full text

Effect of Exacerbation on Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Mona Bafadhel, Susan McKenna, Sarah Terry et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2011 · 1K citations

Blood eosinophil counts, exacerbations, and response to the addition of inhaled fluticasone furoate to vilanterol in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a secondary analysis of data from two parallel randomised controlled trials

Steven Pascoe, Nicholas Locantore, Mark T. Dransfield et al. · The Lancet Respiratory Medicine · 2015 · 722 citations

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Oral corticosteroids in patients admitted to hospital with exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a prospective randomised controlled trial

Lisa Davies, RM Angus, P. M. A. Calverley · The Lancet · 1999 · 595 citations

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