Systemic Inflammation and Lung Function Impairment in Morbidly Obese Subjects with the Metabolic Syndrome

• Asıl Yazarlar: Astrid van Huisstede (Yazar), Manuel Castro Cabezas (Yazar), Erwin Birnie (Yazar), Gert-Jan M. van de Geijn (Yazar), Arjan Rudolphus (Yazar), Guido Mannaerts (Yazar), Tjin L. Njo (Yazar), Pieter S. Hiemstra (Yazar), Gert-Jan Braunstahl (Yazar)
• Materyal Türü: Kitap
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Konular: article
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Background. Obesity and asthma are associated. There is a relationship between lung function impairment and the metabolic syndrome. Whether this relationship also exists in the morbidly obese patients is still unknown. Hypothesis. Low-grade systemic inflammation associated with the metabolic syndrom...