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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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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 |