title: Red cell distribution width: a novel and simple predictor of mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Cardiology, Gulhane Medical Academy Ankara/Turkey.
authors.forename: Sevket
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Balta
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aydogan
authors.forename: Sait
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Demirkol
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cakar
authors.forename: Emin Ozgur
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Akgul
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sarlak
mesh_terms: D004909:Erythrocyte Indices; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality*; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000453:epidemiology*