INTRODUCTION: Cigarette smoke is the main cause of inflammation in COPD. The mechanisms
that differentiate smokers who develop COPD are diverse. In this study, we analyzed …

Objective To identify the main characteristics in patients with COPD exacerbation, capables
to predict the short-term COPD mortality. Materials and methods This is a case-control …

… The recently released assay calibrated against the 2nd IS 98/574, in which a GH
concentration of 10 ng/ml in the previously mentioned assay gives a concentration of 7.4 ng/ml (…

… 20% or 5 mL of CTP volume than RC-ABC/2 scores (Table 2). However, >95% of site-ABC/2
scans were within 12.5 mL of the CTP and virtually all scans were within 25 mL of the CTP (…

… Cultures were inoculated at a cell density of 10 5 cell ml −1 with cells from an exponentially
growing culture and allowed to grow for 3 days before the beginning of the semicontinuous …

Protocols for treating acute asthma presently rely on measurement of peak expiratory flow (PEF)
to orient treatment and evaluate progress. Other clinical or functional parameters have …

… ml, maintained with a circadian dark/light cycle (12h:12h), at 25 C with an intermittent aeration
of 250 ml … 103 cells ml J1 with green motile vegetative cells from an exponentially growing …

… /ml, antithyroglobulin antibodies positive at 6020 IU/ml and antithyrotropin receptor antibodies
were present at a titre of 189.4 IU/ml. … IU/ml), antithyroglobulin antibodies (173 IU/ml) and …

… the 60 ml culture reactors at early stationary phase increased from 35 to 400 Ũ 106 cells ml
… Steady-state cell density decreased from 115 Ũ 106 cells ml )1 with high irradiances of 220 …

… 14 I~g/ml and maximum protein concentrations were obtained with 28 lug N/ml, in all cases.
… cellular densities and protein concentrations per ml of culture. An economic evaluation …