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Pulmonary function impairment in patients with combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema with and without airflow obstruction.
International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - 1 Jan 2014
Kitaguchi Yoshiaki, Fujimoto Keisaku, Hanaoka Masayuki, Honda Takayuki, Hotta Junichi, Hirayama Jiro
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The syndrome of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) is a recently described entity associating upper-lobe emphysema and lower-lobe fibrosis. We sought to evaluate differences in pulmonary function between CPFE patients with and without airflow obstruction. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Thirty-one CPFE patients were divided into two groups according to the presence or absence of irreversible...
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