Muscle dysfunction as a systemic marker of risk for exacerbation of COPD patients: the Spanish "IMAGIM study"

J. Vilaró, A. Ramirez-Sarmiento, M. Alvarez, T. Mendoza, N. Sanchez-Cayado, A. Vega, E. Gimeno, N. Sanchez, C. Hernando, I. Diaz, J. Marinez-Llorens, J. Roca, M. Orozco-Levi (Barcelona, Madrid, Oviedo, Las Palmas, Spain)

Source: Annual Congress 2004 - Functional insights: lung and respiratory muscle
Session: Functional insights: lung and respiratory muscle
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 148
Disease area: Airway diseases

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