title: COPD: an autoimmune disease?
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Birring
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Pavord
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000145:classification* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015897:Comorbidity; D003371:Cough / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000145:classification* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology