What is it about?
Concentration of airway mucins -- large glycoproteins that make mucus thick -- is abnormally high in chronic bronchitis and that high mucin concentrations are associated with disease severity in people with chronic bronchitis. This finding could become the first-ever objective diagnostic and prognostic tools.
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Why is it important?
Our observations could lead to first diagnostic test for chronic bronchitis and better treatments
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This page is a summary of: Airway Mucin Concentration as a Marker of Chronic Bronchitis, New England Journal of Medicine, September 2017, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS),
DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1701632.
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