Browsing by Subject "C-Reactive Protein/metabolism"

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Lack of association between chronic exposure to biomass fuel smoke and markers of right ventricular pressure overload at high altitude

Caravedo, Maria A.; Painschab, Matthew S.; Davila-Roman, Victor G.; De Ferrari, Aldo; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Vasquez-Villar, Angel D.; Pollard, Suzanne L.; Miranda, J. Jaime; Checkley, William (Elsevier, 2014)

BACKGROUND: Chronic exposure to biomass fuel smoke has been implicated in the development of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular pressure/volume overload through activation of inflammation, increase in vascular ...
Prevalence and risk factors of restrictive spirometry in a cohort of Peruvian adults

Siddharthan, T.; Grigsby, M.; Miele, C. H.; Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio; Miranda, J. Jaime; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Wise, R. A.; Porter, J. C.; Hurst, J. R.; Checkley, W. (International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2017)

INTRODUCTION: Few studies have described the prevalence of and lung function decline among those with a restrictive spirometric pattern (RSP) in low- and middle-income countries. METHODS: We analyzed prospective data from ...

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