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Parametric response mapping on chest computed tomography associates with clinical and functional parameters in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Respiratory medicine - 1 Feb 2017
Pompe Esther, Galbán Craig J, Ross Brian D, Koenderman Leo, Ten Hacken Nick Ht, Postma Dirkje S, van den Berge Maarten, de Jong Pim A, Lammers Jan-Willem J, Mohamed Hoesein Firdaus Aa
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BACKGROUND: In the search for specific phenotypes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) computed tomography (CT) derived Parametric Response Mapping (PRM) has been introduced. This study evaluates the association between PRM and currently available biomarkers of disease severity in COPD. METHODS: Smokers with and without COPD were characterized based on questionnaires, pulmonary function tests, body...
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