Will recommendations against spirometry make chronic obstructive pulmonary disease harder to treat?

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Thomas L Petty et al. Ann Intern Med. 2008.

. 2008 Oct 7;149(7):512-3; author reply 513.

doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-149-7-200810070-00015.

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