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Comment
. 2021 Apr 17;22(1):110.
doi: 10.1186/s12931-021-01712-0.

Mucus plugging on computed tomography and chronic bronchitis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Victor Kim  1 , Wojciech R Dolliver  2 , Hrudaya P Nath  3 , Scott A Grumley  3 , Nina Terry  3 , Asmaa Ahmed  3 , Andrew Yen  4 , Kathleen Jacobs  4 , Seth Kligerman  4 , Alejandro A Diaz  2 ; COPDGene Investigators
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Mucus plugging on computed tomography and chronic bronchitis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Victor Kim et al. Respir Res. .
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VK reports personal fees from Gala Therapeuatics, personal fees from ABIM Critical Care Testwriting Committee, personal fees from AstraZeneca, personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, outside the submitted work; WRD, HPN, SAG, NT, AA, AY, KJ, SK, and AD have no competing interests to declare.

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