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Identification of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Axes That Predict All-Cause Mortality: The COPDGene Study.
American journal of epidemiology - 1 Oct 2018
Kinney Gregory L, Santorico Stephanie A, Young Kendra A, Cho Michael H, Castaldi Peter J, San José Estépar Raul, Ross James C, Dy Jennifer G, Make Barry J, Regan Elizabeth A, Lynch David A, Everett Douglas C, Lutz Sharon M, Silverman Edwin K, Washko George R, Crapo James D, Hokanson John E
Abstract excerpt
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a syndrome caused by damage to the lungs that results in decreased pulmonary function and reduced structural integrity. Pulmonary function testing (PFT) is used to diagnose and stratify COPD into severity groups, and computed tomography (CT) imaging of the chest is often used to assess structural changes in the lungs. We hypothesized that the combination of PFT and...
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