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Lung Diseases, Obstructive

Known as: obstructive airways disorder, Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases, Obstructive Lung Diseases 
Any disorder marked by obstruction of conducting airways of the lung. AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION may be acute, chronic, intermittent, or persistent.
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Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease

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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
The prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations by salmeterol/fluticasone propionate or tiotropium bromide.
RATIONALE Exacerbations are key drivers of morbidity and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). OBJECTIVES… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
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I. Garcia-Talavera's reaction to the results of our trial of ambulatory oxygen (AO) in oxygen-dependent chronic obstructive… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Histone acetylation and deacetylation: importance in inflammatory lung diseases
Inflammatory lung diseases are characterised by increased expression of multiple inflammatory genes that are regulated by… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
4-Hydroxy-2-nonenal, a specific lipid peroxidation product, is elevated in lungs of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Cigarette smoking results in oxidative stress and inflammation in the lungs, which are involved in the pathogenesis of chronic… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Overview of the health benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption for the dietetics professional: selected literature.
Review
2000
Review
2000
HIF-1 and human disease: one highly involved factor.
Oxygen homeostasis represents an important organizing principle for human development and physiology. The essential requirement… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Increased exhalation of hydrogen peroxide in patients with stable and unstable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
An imbalance between oxidative stress and antioxidative capacity is thought to play an important role in the development and… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Mutations in the cystic fibrosis gene in patients with congenital absence of the vas deferens.
BACKGROUND Congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens (CBAVD) is a form of male infertility in which mutations in the… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
The 1988 report of the Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure.
The National High Blood Pressure Education Program has released three Joint National Committee reports and a task force report on… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Population study of causes, treatment, and outcome of infertility.
Specialist infertility practice was studied in a group of 708 couples within a population of residents of a single health… 
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