The Natural History of COPD: Beyond Fletcher and Peto
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The natural history of COPD: confirming and going beyond Fletcher and Peto.
In this issue of the European Respiratory Journal (ERJ), SANCHEZ-SALCEDO et al. [3] contribute to our knowledge of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) clinical status and progression in a study of 103 younger and 463 older patients followed for o2 years. All patients attended specialised pulmonary clinics, had smoked for o20 pack-years and were (presumably) symptomatic from their physi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Barcelona Respiratory Network
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2385-7110
DOI: 10.23866/brnrev:2015-0011