Comparison of Spatially Matched Airways Reveals Thinner Airway Walls in COPD. The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) COPD Study and the Subpopulations and Intermediate Outcomes in COPD Study (SPIROMICS)

BACKGROUND: COPD is characterized by reduced airway lumen dimensions and fewer peripheral airways. Most studies of airway properties sample airways based upon lumen dimension or at random, which may bias comparisons given reduced airway lumen dimensions and number in COPD. We sought to compare centr...

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Auteurs principaux: Smith, Benjamin M., Hoffman, Eric A., Rabinowitz, Dan, Bleecker, Eugene, Christenson, Stephanie, Couper, David, Donohue, Kathleen M., Han, Meilan K., Hansel, Nadia N., Kanner, Richard E., Kleerup, Eric, Rennard, Stephen, Barr, R. Graham
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Langue:Inglês
Publié: 2014
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4198462/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24928812
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-205160
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