Longitudinal study of spatially heterogeneous emphysema progression in current smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

BACKGROUND: Cigarette smoke is the main risk factor for emphysema, which is a key pathology in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Low attenuation areas (LAA) in computed tomography (CT) images reflect emphysema, and the cumulative size distribution of LAA clusters follows a power law char...

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Principais autores:	Naoya Tanabe, Shigeo Muro, Susumu Sato, Shiro Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Oguma, Hirofumi Kiyokawa, Tamaki Takahashi, Daisuke Kinose, Yuma Hoshino, Takeshi Kubo, Toyohiro Hirai, Michiaki Mishima
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
coleção:	PLoS ONE
Acesso em linha:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3445600?pdf=render
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