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Airway dimensions in COPD: relationships with clinical variables.
Respiratory medicine - 1 Nov 2010
Mair Grant, Maclay John, Miller Joy J, McAllister David, Connell Martin, Murchison John T, MacNee William
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: COPD patients have varying degrees of airways disease and emphysema. CT scanning can differentiate these pathological subtypes. We evaluated airway dimensions and emphysema severity with low dose CT scanning in COPD patients to determine relationships with clinical features of the disease. METHODS: Fifty six patients with COPD had a low dose thoracic CT scan. Airways were analysed using novel software...
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