Tracheo-bronchial collapsibility in different clinically determined COPD phenotypes

G. Camiciottoli, F. Bigazzi, S. Diciotti, S. Lombardo, M. Mascalchi, M. Pistolesi (Florence, Italy)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Morphological and functional imaging in obstructive airway disease
Session: Morphological and functional imaging in obstructive airway disease
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 4609
Disease area: Airway diseases

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