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Correction to: Association between plasma interleukin-33 level and acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BMC Pulmonary Medicine volume 21, Article number: 337 (2021) Cite this article

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Correction to: BMC Pulm Med (2021) 21:86 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-021-01423-8

Following publication of the article [1], it came to the authors’ attention that incorrect R values had been provided for Fig. 4a, b.

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Correlation between the expression of IL-33 in lung tissue and amount of smoking (a). Correlation between IL-33 and FEV1 (%) (b). Abbreviations: R, Pearson correlation coefficient; IL, interleukin; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 s

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  1. Joo H, Park SJ, Min KH, et al. Association between plasma interleukin-33 level and acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. BMC Pulm Med. 2021;21:86. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-021-01423-8.

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  1. Kyung Hoon Min and Chin Kook Rhee contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Hyonsoo Joo

  2. Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Republic of Korea

    Seoung Ju Park

  3. Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, 148, Gurodong-ro, Guro-gu, Seoul, 08308, Republic of Korea

    Kyung Hoon Min

  4. Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 222 Banpodaero, Seochogu, Seoul, 06591, Republic of Korea

    Chin Kook Rhee

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Joo, H., Park, S.J., Min, K.H. et al. Correction to: Association between plasma interleukin-33 level and acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. BMC Pulm Med 21, 337 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-021-01703-3

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