During exacerbation, vitamin C is markedly decreased in inflammatory diseases, such as acute pneumonia and COPD, according to a new study. Serbian researchers compared the values of serum ascorbate concentration and laboratory inflammation indicators in 60 nonsmoking patients. The patients were split into three groups: 20 patients with acute pneumonia (group I), 20 patients with stable COPD (group II), and 20 patients with exacerbated COPD (group III). [click link for full article]
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