The Importance of Phenotyping Bronchiectasis
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The Importance of Phenotyping Bronchiectasis
between idiopathic bronchiectasis (i.e. unidentified aetiology after complete diagnostic workup) and ‘undetermined’ bronchiectasis (i.e. unidentified aetiology with incomplete diagnostic workup) seems more stringent and appropriate than in other publications from the past. Secondly, the proposed groups are related to the underlying aetiology of bronchiectasis, are easily identifiable and provid...
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عنوان ژورنال: Respiration
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0025-7931,1423-0356
DOI: 10.1159/000448557