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Spirometry is not enough to diagnose COPD in epidemiological studies: a follow-up study
A hallmark of the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the measurement of post-bronchodilator (post-BD) airflow obstruction (AO) by spirometry, but spirometry is not enough for the provision of a clinical diagnosis. In the majority of previous epidemiological studies, COPD di...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5686137/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29138407 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41533-017-0062-6 |