Variability in proteinase-antiproteinase balance, nutritional status, and quality of life in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease due to tobacco and nontobacco etiology.

Lung India · 2016 · PMC5112816 · PMID 27890988

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Similarly, TIMP-1 levels showed a trend of elevation, although insignificantly, in COPD patients (Groups I and II) compared with Groups III and IV.

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