Clinical issues of mucus accumulation in COPD

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¹ Department of Physiotherapy, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia ; Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
² Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia ; Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
³ Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia ; Department of Physiotherapy, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia ; Department of Physiotherapy, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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Christian R Osadnik et al. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2014.

. 2014 Mar 25:9:301-2.

doi: 10.2147/COPD.S61797. eCollection 2014.

¹ Department of Physiotherapy, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia ; Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
² Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia ; Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
³ Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia ; Department of Physiotherapy, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia ; Department of Physiotherapy, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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Clinical issues of mucus accumulation in COPD.
Ramos FL, Krahnke JS, Kim V. Ramos FL, et al. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2014 Jan 24;9:139-50. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S38938. eCollection 2014. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2014. PMID: 24493923 Free PMC article. Review.

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