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Open AccessNon-specific interstitial pneumonia in cigarette smokers: a CT study
The goal of this study was to seek indirect evidence that smoking is an aetiological factor in some patients with non-specific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP). Ten current and eight ex-smokers with NSIP were com...
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Open AccessA prospective study of decline in fat free mass and skeletal muscle strength in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Skeletal muscle depletion is an important complication of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but little prospective data exists about the rate at which it occurs and the factors that promote its deve...
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New drugs for COPD based on advances in pathophysiology
There is a pressing need to develop new treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), as no currently available drug has been shown to reduce the relentless progression of this disease. Furtherm...
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Computed tomography (CT) scans in COPD
Structural information about the lungs has been obtainable for over one hundred years through imaging techniques. Cross-sectional computed tomography (CT) provides a great advance over conventional radiography...