Statins, vitamin D, and COPD

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Statins do not improve lung function decline in COPD?
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Statins as adjunct therapy in COPD: how do we cope after STATCOPE?
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Statins and vitamin D: a friendly association in pre-dialysis patients.
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The role of pulmonary arterial stiffness in COPD.
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