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COPD phenotypes in a lung cancer screening population.
The clinical respiratory journal - 1 Jan 2016
Balkan Arzu, Bulut Yonca, Fuhrman Carl R, Fisher Stephen N, Wilson David O, Weissfeld Joel L, Sciurba Frank C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is a very heterogeneous disease, and phenotypic categorization of a high-risk population has many potential benefits. The present study uses a symptom questionnaire, low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) and pulmonary function tests (PFT) to phenotypically subgroup a high-risk population. METHODS: Study group consisted of current or former smokers...
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