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SUBMITTER: Ostridge K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5819274 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ostridge Kristoffer K Williams Nicholas P NP Kim Viktoriya V Harden Stephen S Bourne Simon S Clarke Stuart C SC Aris Emmanuel E Mesia-Vela Sonia S Devaster Jeanne-Marie JM Tuck Andrew A Williams Anthony A Wootton Stephen S Staples Karl J KJ Wilkinson Tom M A TMA
Respiratory research 20180220 1
<h4>Background</h4>COPD is a complex, heterogeneous disease characterised by progressive development of airflow limitation. Spirometry provides little information about key aspects of pathology and is poorly related to clinical outcome, so other tools are required to investigate the disease. We sought to explore the relationships between quantitative CT analysis with functional, inflammatory and infective assessments of disease to identify the utility of imaging to stratify disease to better pre ...[more]