Association of Airway Eosinophilia with Small Airway Dysfunction in Patients with Mild and at Risk for COPD
Mustafa Abdo, Frauke Pedersen, Frederik Trinkmann, Felix Herth, Klaus F. Rabe, Anne‐Marie Kirsten, Henrik Watz
Abstract
Mustafa Abdo,1 Frauke Pedersen,1,2 Frederik Trinkmann,3,4 Felix JF Herth,3 Klaus F Rabe,1 Anne-Marie Kirsten,2 Henrik Watz2 1LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Grosshansdorf, Germany; 2Pulmonary Research Institute at LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Grosshansdorf, Germany; 3Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik at University Hospital Heidelberg, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany; 4Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) at the Center for Preventive Medicine and Digital Health Baden-Württemberg (CPD-BW), University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, GermanyCorrespondence: Mustafa Abdo, LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Wöhrendamm 80, Grosshansdorf, 22927, Germany, Email [email protected]