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Body height as risk factor for emphysema in COPD

Pulmonary emphysema is a phenotypic component of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which carries substantial morbidity and mortality. We explored the association between emphysema and body height in 726 patients with COPD using computed tomography as the reference diagnostic standard for...

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Autores principales: Miniati, Massimo, Bottai, Matteo, Pavlickova, Ivana, Monti, Simonetta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5118794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27874046
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep36896