The six-minute walking test in patients with severe COPD: What conditions are matters?

M. Sanzharovskaya, A. Fisenko, G. Chernogoryuk, K. Zavadovskiy (Tomsk, Russian Federation)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Pharmacological and non-pharmacological management of COPD
Session: Pharmacological and non-pharmacological management of COPD
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 2901
Disease area: Airway diseases

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