A study of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-specific causes of osteoporosis with emphasis on the emphysema phenotype
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DOI: 10.4103/atm.atm_357_16
Abstract: Background: Osteoporosis, the most common extra-pulmonary complication of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), may be related to general causes or COPD-specific causes such as low forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) and hypoxia. A… read more here.
Keywords: chronic obstructive; bmi fev1; obstructive pulmonary; emphysema ... See more keywords