摘要 |
Methods of determining Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) severity in patients which comprises measuring the concentration of soluble E-cadherin (sE-cadherin) in the patient's urine and/or blood serum and determining the extent of severity by reference to correlation graphs, a method of treating patients with COPD, methods for determining the responsiveness of said patients to said treatment and a prognostic product for detecting the concentration of sE-cadherin in urine and/or blood serum.
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