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autoimmune hypothesis of COPD: a standalone construct

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Pulmonology

proposal that persistent lung inflammation in COPD, even after smoking stops, reflects an autoimmune response to lung antigens.

In pulmonology, autoimmune hypothesis of COPD refers to proposal that persistent lung inflammation in COPD, even after smoking stops, reflects an autoimmune response to lung antigens. This meaning comes from Agusti (2003) in Thorax.[1]

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References

Agusti, A. (2003). Hypothesis: Does COPD have an autoimmune component? Thorax, 58(10), 832-834. https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax.58.10.832

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