FEV1/FVC ratio does not reflect peripheral airway ageing in an elderly reference population

Sanna Kjellberg (Skara, Sweden), Sanna Kjellberg, Birgitta Houltz, Paul Robinson, Per Gustafsson

Source: International Congress 2015 – Clinical physiology: from airways, lung and respiratory muscles to dyspnoea in health and disease
Disease area: Airway diseases

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Sanna Kjellberg (Skara, Sweden), Sanna Kjellberg, Birgitta Houltz, Paul Robinson, Per Gustafsson. FEV1/FVC ratio does not reflect peripheral airway ageing in an elderly reference population. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: Suppl. 59, 4616

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