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Using dynamics of forced expiration to identify COPD where conventional criteria for the FEV1/FVC ratio do not match |
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| Authors: | Marko Topalovic Vasileios Exadaktylos Marc Decramer Daniel Berckmans Thierry Troosters Wim Janssens |
| Affiliation: | 1. Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Leuven, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;2. Division Measure, Model and Manage Bioresponses (M3‐BIORES), Department of Biosystems, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;3. Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium |
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| Keywords: | airway obstruction chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosis Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease lower limit of normal spirometry |