Do all COPD patients present irreversible airflow limitation?

S. Wesolowski, P. Boros (Warsaw, Poland)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Expiration, exhalation and exhaustion: measures of dynamic volumes, breath analysis and respiratory muscles
Disease area: Airway diseases

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S. Wesolowski, P. Boros (Warsaw, Poland). Do all COPD patients present irreversible airflow limitation?. Eur Respir J 2013; 42: Suppl. 57, 1261

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