Association of Airway Eosinophilia with Small Airway Dysfunction in Patients with Mild and at Risk for COPD

Abstract

Mustafa Abdo,1 Frauke Pedersen,1,2 Frederik Trinkmann,3,4 Felix JF Herth,3 Klaus F Rabe,1 Anne-Marie Kirsten,2 Henrik Watz2 1LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Grosshansdorf, Germany; 2Pulmonary Research Institute at LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Grosshansdorf, Germany; 3Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik at University Hospital Heidelberg, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany; 4Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) at the Center for Preventive Medicine and Digital Health Baden-Württemberg (CPD-BW), University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, GermanyCorrespondence: Mustafa Abdo, LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Wöhrendamm 80, Grosshansdorf, 22927, Germany, Email [email protected]

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