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Keep this study
Lead
Minia University
Age
Any age
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
1-Forty subjects of COPD who are non-smokers or stopped smoking for more than 6 months Based on the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease guidelines, COPD was diagnosed.9 2- Thirty subjects of non smokers healthy control
You may not be if
Patients of:
1. Acute exacerbation, at the time of the study, of COPD.
2. Any obvious abnormal lung parenchymal lesions.
3. Lung cancer.
4. Congestive heart failure.
5. current smokers
6. Drugs e.g anti-inflammatory , steroids ,analgesics, insulin , antineoplastic, antipsychotic drugs in the previous 2 weeks before the study.