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Airflow Limitation and Airway Dimensions in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

DOI

408

Citations

36

References

2006

Year

Masaru Hasegawa, Yasuyuki Nasuhara, Yuya Onodera, Hironi Makita, Katsura Nagai, Satoshi Fuke, Yoko Ito, Tomoko Betsuyaku, Masaharu Nishimura
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Abstract

We are the first to use three-dimensional computed tomography to demonstrate that airflow limitation in COPD is more closely related to the dimensions of the distal (small) airways than proximal (large) airways.

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