The many "small COPDs": COPD should be an orphan disease.

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Published in Chest on September 01, 2008

Authors

Stephen I Rennard1, Jørgen Vestbo

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1: University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985885 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5885, USA. srennard@unmc.edu

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