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Impairment of nasal mucociliary clearance in former smokers with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease relates to the presence of a chronic bronchitis phenotype

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2011

Year

Vladimír Koblížek, M Tomšová, Eva Čermáková, P Papousek, Sarka Pracharova, R.A.A. Mandalia, Jiří Ceral, Jakub Novosad, Libor Fila, Vratislav Sedlák,
Rhinology Journal

Abstract

We confirmed the presence of impaired nasal MCC in COPD ex-smokers. These impairments were apparent predominantly in the CB phenotype.

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