Source: International Congress 2016 – Best abstracts in exercise capacity and testing in chronic lung diseases
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Alex Labey (Barnet, United Kingdom), Alex Labey, J.L. Canavan, C.M. Nolan, S.E. Jones, S.S.C. Kon, M.I. Polkey, M. Maddocks, W.D.C. Man. Longitudinal change in ultrasound measurement of rectus femoris cross-sectional area in COPD. Eur Respir J 2016; 48: Suppl. 60, 1566

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