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Relationship between diffusion capacity and small airway abnormality in COPDGene
ABSTRACT: Impaired single breath carbon monoxide diffusing capacity (DLCO) is associated with emphysema. Small airways disease (SAD) may be a precursor lesion to emphysema, but the relationship between SAD and DLCO is undescribed. We hypothesized that in mild COPD, functional SAD (fSAD) defined by c...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6889734/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31791337 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-019-1237-1 |