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Grading obstructive lung disease using tomographic pulmonary scintigraphy in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and long-term smokers

ABSTRACT: The severity of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) is defined by the degree of flow limitation measured as forced expiratory volume in 1 s, which mainly reflects impairment of large and intermediate airways. However, COPD is primarily a small airways disease. Therefore, better diagnos...

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Autores principales: Bajc, Marika, Markstad, Hanna, Jarenbäck, Linnea, Tufvesson, Ellen, Bjermer, Leif, Jögi, Jonas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Japan 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4284371/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25315109
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12149-014-0913-y