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B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Not Predictive of COPD Mortality
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Title B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Not Predictive of COPD Mortality
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/575299?src=rss
Description Although B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels are significantly elevated during COPD exacerbation, they are not predictive of subsequent mortality in these patients, according to Swiss researchers. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Pathology and Lab Medicine
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Date May 31, 2008
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