Spirometric variability in smokers: transitions in COPD diagnosis in a five-year longitudinal study

BACKGROUND: Spirometrically-defined chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is considered progressive but its natural history is inadequately studied. We hypothesized that spirometrically-defined COPD states could undergo beneficial transitions. METHODS: Participants in the Lovelace Smokers’ Co...

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Autores principales: Sood, Akshay, Petersen, Hans, Qualls, Clifford, Meek, Paula M., Vazquez-Guillamet, Rodrigo, Celli, Bartolome R., Tesfaigzi, Yohannes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5105293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27832774
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-016-0468-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5105293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27832774
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-016-0468-7

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