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A study of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-specific causes of osteoporosis with emphasis on the emphysema phenotype

BACKGROUND: Osteoporosis, the most common extra-pulmonary complication of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), may be related to general causes or COPD-specific causes such as low forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) and hypoxia. A few studies reported that emphysema is an independent ris...

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Autores principales: Fouda, Mona Ali, Alhamad, Esam Hamad, Al-Hajjaj, Mohammed Saleh, Shaik, Shaffi Ahmed, Alboukai, Ahmad Amer, Al-Kassimi, Feisal Abdulla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5399683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28469720
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/atm.ATM_357_16