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SUBMITTER: Fischer BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3157944 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fischer Bernard M BM Pavlisko Elizabeth E Voynow Judith A JA
International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 20110805
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exhibit dominant features of chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and/or asthma, with a common phenotype of airflow obstruction. COPD pulmonary physiology reflects the sum of pathological changes in COPD, which can occur in large central airways, small peripheral airways, and the lung parenchyma. Quantitative or high-resolution computed tomography is used as a surrogate measure for assessment of disease progression. Different biological or mol ...[more]