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Pulmonary function impairment in patients with combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema with and without airflow obstruction

BACKGROUND: The syndrome of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) is a recently described entity associating upper-lobe emphysema and lower-lobe fibrosis. We sought to evaluate differences in pulmonary function between CPFE patients with and without airflow obstruction. SUBJECTS AND METHO...

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Autores principales: Kitaguchi, Yoshiaki, Fujimoto, Keisaku, Hanaoka, Masayuki, Honda, Takayuki, Hotta, Junichi, Hirayama, Jiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4122579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25114520
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S65621