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. 2012 Nov;18(11):1619-21.
doi: 10.1038/nm.2981.

Small airways, big challenge: measuring the unseen?

Salman Siddiqui  1 , Omar S Usmani
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Small airways, big challenge: measuring the unseen?

Salman Siddiqui et al. Nat Med. 2012 Nov.

Abstract

An imaging technique adapted to differentiate between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease phenotypes can identify small-airway pathophysiology, locate the disease and potentially track disease progression. This approach may be used as a biomarker to identify the small-airway lesion in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, at an individual level in the clinic (pages 1711-1715).

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