Reducing disability in patients with severe COPD: respective roles of rehabilitation, reduction emphysema surgery and transplantation

N. Ambrosino (Pisa, Italy)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - PG15 The complexity of COPD: assessment and advanced therapies
Session: PG15 The complexity of COPD: assessment and advanced therapies
Session type: Postgraduate Course
Number: 94
Disease area: Airway diseases

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