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Small airways, big challenge: measuring the unseen?

Nature Medicine volume 18, pages1619–1621(2012)Cite this article

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An imaging technique adapted to differentiate between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease phenotypes can identify small-airway pathophysiology, locate the disease and potentially track disease progression. This approach may be used as a biomarker to identify the small-airway lesion in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, at an individual level in the clinic (pages 1711–1715).

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Figure 1: Pathological phenotypes of COPD and imaging biomarkers.

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  1. Department of Infection, Salman Siddiqui is at the Institute for Lung Health, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester & Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK.

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  2. Omar S. Usmani is at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London & Royal Brompton Hospital, Airways Disease Section, London, UK.

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