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Detection of air trapping in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by low frequency ultrasound

BACKGROUND: Spirometry is regarded as the gold standard for the diagnosis of COPD, yet the condition is widely underdiagnosed. Therefore, additional screening methods that are easy to perform and to interpret are needed. Recently, we demonstrated that low frequency ultrasound (LFU) may be helpful fo...

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Autores principales: Morenz, Katrin, Biller, Heike, Wolfram, Frank, Leonhadt, Steffen, Rüter, Dirk, Glaab, Thomas, Uhlig, Stefan, Hohlfeld, Jens M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3359201/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22424178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-12-8