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Computed tomography phenotypes in severe, early-onset chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
COPD - 1 Dec 2007
Hersh Craig P, Jacobson Francine L, Gill Ritu, Silverman Edwin K
Abstract excerpt
Subjects with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may have marked differences in emphysema severity on chest computed tomography (CT) scans. Although many patients with severe COPD will have chest CTs performed during their clinical care, chest CTs have not been widely included in epidemiologic and genetic studies of COPD. We sought to determine whether chest CT scans performed for clinical...
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