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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |