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A new staging strategy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BACKGROUND: The best method for expressing lung function impairment is undecided. We tested in a population of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) whether forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV(1)) or FEV(1) divided by height squared (FEV(1)/ht(2)) was better than FEV(1) pe...

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Autores principales: Miller, Martin R, Pedersen, Ole F, Dirksen, Asger
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2699963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18268941