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Predominant emphysema phenotype in chronic obstructive pulmonary.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Mar 2003
Boschetto P, Miniati M, Miotto D, Braccioni F, De Rosa E, Bononi I, Papi A, Saetta M, Fabbri L M, Mapp C E
Abstract excerpt
Patients with fixed airflow limitation are grouped under the heading of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The authors investigated whether COPD patients have distinct functional, radiological and sputum cells characteristics depending on the presence or absence of emphysema. Twenty-four COPD outpatients, 12 with and 12 without emphysema on high-resolution computed tomography scan of the chest, were...
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