Tiotropium as essential maintenance therapy in COPD
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Tiotropium as essential maintenance therapy in COPD
Over the past decade, several large-scale clinical trials have been performed to assess the impact of pharmacological treatments on patient-centred outcomes such as dyspnoea, exercise tolerance, exacerbations and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Tiotropium, a once-daily inhaled anticholinergic agent that works through prolonge...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Review
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0905-9180,1600-0617
DOI: 10.1183/09059180.00009906