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Standard spirometry to assess emphysema in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the Emphysema Severity Index (ESI)

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a generic term identifying a condition characterized by variable changes in peripheral airways and lung parenchyma. Standard spirometry cannot discriminate the relative role of conductive airways inflammatory changes from destructive parenc...

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Autores principales: Dal Negro, Roberto W., Paoletti, Matteo, Pistolesi, Massimo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8672489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35003734
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2021.805