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A Computational geometry approach to automated pulmonary fissure segmentation in CT examinations

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A Randomized Study of Endobronchial Valves for Advanced Emphysema

scientific article published on September 23, 2010

A Randomized Trial of Long-Term Oxygen for COPD with Moderate Desaturation

scientific article

A combinatorial F box protein directed pathway controls TRAF adaptor stability to regulate inflammation

scientific article published on 31 March 2013

A combined pulmonary-radiology workshop for visual evaluation of COPD: study design, chest CT findings and concordance with quantitative evaluation

scientific article published on 19 March 2012

A differential geometric approach to automated segmentation of human airway tree

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A new perspective on optimal care for patients with COPD.

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Activity monitoring and energy expenditure in COPD patients: a validation study

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Airflow Limitation and Endothelial Dysfunction. Unrelated and Independent Predictors of Atherosclerosis

scientific article published on 15 January 2016

Airway obstruction is increased in pneumocystis-colonized human immunodeficiency virus-infected outpatients

scientific article published on 16 September 2009

Altered T-cell phenotypes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article

An Official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Statement: Research questions in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on April 2015

An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: research questions in COPD.

scientific article published on April 2015

An official European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society technical standard: field walking tests in chronic respiratory disease

scientific article

An official systematic review of the European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society: measurement properties of field walking tests in chronic respiratory disease

scientific article published on 30 October 2014

Anxiety is associated with diminished exercise performance and quality of life in severe emphysema: a cross-sectional study

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Assessment of coronary artery calcium by chest CT compared with EKG-gated cardiac CT in the multicenter AIDS cohort study

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Assessment of lung volume collapsibility in chronic obstructive lung disease patients using CT.

scientific article published on 15 March 2013

Assessment of microRNA differential expression and detection in multiplexed small RNA sequencing data

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Association of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Severity andPneumocystisColonization

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Association of radiographic emphysema and airflow obstruction with lung cancer

scientific article published on 19 June 2008

Asthma diagnosis and airway bronchodilator response in HIV-infected patients

scientific article published on 15 December 2011

Autoantibodies in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Automated detection and quantitative assessment of pulmonary airways depicted on CT images

scientific article published in July 2007

Automated lung segmentation in X-ray computed tomography: development and evaluation of a heuristic threshold-based scheme

scientific article published in November 2003

Autoreactivity to glucose regulated protein 78 links emphysema and osteoporosis in smokers

scientific article

Azithromycin for prevention of exacerbations of COPD.

scientific article published on August 2011

Bidirectional elastic image registration using B-spline affine transformation

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Biomechanical properties of the skin in cutis laxa

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Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction in COPD: Lessons in Implementing Clinically Based Precision Medicine

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C-X-C motif chemokine 13 (CXCL13) is a prognostic biomarker of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

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COPD Phenotypes: The Answers are in the Noise

COPD phenotypes in a lung cancer screening population

scientific article published on 3 July 2014

COPDGene® 2019: Redefining the Diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

CT metrics of airway disease and emphysema in severe COPD.

scientific article published on May 2009

Cardiopulmonary function in individuals with HIV infection in the antiretroviral therapy era.

scientific article published on March 2012

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

scholarly article by Frank Sciurba & Fernando J Martinez published April 2005 in Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease phenotypes: the future of COPD.

scientific article published on 3 June 2010

Clinical significance of radiologic characterizations in COPD.

scientific article published on December 2009

Clinical trials in lung volume reduction surgery.

scientific article published on October 2003

Clinical year in review III: asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, environmental and occupational lung disease, and ethics and end-of-life care

scientific article published on October 2012

Clinical, physiologic, and radiographic factors contributing to development of hypoxemia in moderate to severe COPD: a cohort study

scientific article

Cluster analysis in the COPDGene study identifies subtypes of smokers with distinct patterns of airway disease and emphysema

scientific article published on 21 February 2014

Comorbidities, patient knowledge, and disease management in a national sample of patients with COPD.

scientific article published on April 2009

Complications of lung resection and exercise capacity: a meta-analysis

scientific article

Comprehensive clinical and molecular analysis of 12 families with type 1 recessive cutis laxa

scientific article

Comprehensive gene expression profiles reveal pathways related to the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scholarly article

Computed tomographic-based quantification of emphysema and correlation to pulmonary function and mechanics

scientific article

Computerized assessment of pulmonary fissure integrity using high resolution CT.

scientific article

Computerized estimation of the lung volume removed during lung volume reduction surgery

scientific article published in November 2006

Computerized identification of airway wall in CT examinations using a 3D active surface evolution approach

scientific article published on 29 November 2012

Considerations and pitfalls in phenotyping and reclassification of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on 03 August 2013

Continuous Oxygen Use in Nonhypoxemic Emphysema Patients Identifies a High-Risk Subset of Patients

article

Contributors to diffusion impairment in HIV-infected persons

scientific article

Deglutitive Subglottic Air Pressure and Respiratory System Recoil

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Design of the Endobronchial Valve for Emphysema Palliation Trial (VENT): a non-surgical method of lung volume reduction

scientific article

Determining the Role of Dynamic Hyperinflation in Patients with Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

scientific article published on 10 September 2015

Development and validation of the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Assessment Questionnaire (COPD-AQ).

scientific article

Development of multifield three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy of lung cancer using a total lung dose/volume histogram

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Direct assessment of lung function in COPD using CT densitometric measures

scientific article

Distribution of Pneumocystis jirovecii in lungs from colonized COPD patients

scientific article

Down-regulated peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) in lung epithelial cells promotes a PPARγ agonist-reversible proinflammatory phenotype in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

retracted scientific article published on 24 December 2013

Effect of Endobronchial Coils vs Usual Care on Exercise Tolerance in Patients With Severe Emphysema: The RENEW Randomized Clinical Trial

scientific article published on 15 May 2016

Effect of Fluticasone Propionate/Salmeterol on Lung Hyperinflation and Exercise Endurance in COPD

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Effect of beta-blockers on exacerbation rate and lung function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

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Effects of lung volume reduction surgery on gas exchange and breathing pattern during maximum exercise

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Egr-1 regulates autophagy in cigarette smoke-induced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Elevated N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide is associated with mortality in tobacco smokers independent of airflow obstruction

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Emerging concepts in outcome assessment for COPD clinical trials

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EnRAGEed Kidneys in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?

scientific article published in June 2017

Endothelial Chronic Destructive Pulmonary Disease (E-CDPD): Is Endothelial Apoptosis a Subphenotype or Prequel to COPD?

scientific article published on 01 July 2011

Eosinophil and T cell markers predict functional decline in COPD patients

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Executive Function, Survival, and Hospitalization in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. A Longitudinal Analysis of the National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT).

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Exercise maintenance following pulmonary rehabilitation: effect of distractive stimuli.

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Exercise testing in severe emphysema: association with quality of life and lung function

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Factors to Inform Clinicians About the End of Life in Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

scientific article published on March 21, 2013

Feasibility of retinoids for the treatment of emphysema study.

scientific article published in November 2006

Genetic association analysis of functional impairment in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on 02 February 2006

Genetic determinants of emphysema distribution in the national emphysema treatment trial

scientific article

Identification of early interstitial lung disease in smokers from the COPDGene Study

scientific article published on 24 September 2009

Impact of emphysema heterogeneity on pulmonary function

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Improvement in Pulmonary Function and Elastic Recoil after Lung-Reduction Surgery for Diffuse Emphysema

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Improvements in symptom-limited exercise performance over 8 h with once-daily tiotropium in patients with COPD.

scientific article

Increase in walk distance is not enough evidence to add a walk to the 6-minute walk test

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Increased matrix metalloproteinase (MMPs) levels do not predict disease severity or progression in emphysema

scientific article published on 18 February 2013

Influence of Lightweight Ambulatory Oxygen on Oxygen Use and Activity Patterns of COPD Patients Receiving Long-Term Oxygen Therapy

scientific article published on February 1, 2012

Integrated Genomics Reveals Convergent Transcriptomic Networks Underlying Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

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Integrating health status and survival data: the palliative effect of lung volume reduction surgery

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Integrative phenotyping framework (iPF): integrative clustering of multiple omics data identifies novel lung disease subphenotypes

scientific article published on 11 November 2015

Interstitial lung abnormalities and reduced exercise capacity

scientific article published on 20 January 2012

Inverse association of plasma IL-13 and inflammatory chemokines with lung function impairment in stable COPD: a cross-sectional cohort study

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Long-term comparative immunogenicity of protein conjugate and free polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccines in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Long-term follow-up of patients receiving lung-volume-reduction surgery versus medical therapy for severe emphysema by the National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group

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Longitudinal change in the BODE index predicts mortality in severe emphysema

scientific article published on 5 June 2008

Lung deflation and oxygen pulse in COPD: results from the NETT randomized trial

scientific article published on 16 August 2011

Lung volumes and emphysema in smokers with interstitial lung abnormalities

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MMP1 and MMP7 as potential peripheral blood biomarkers in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

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Medical management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on November 2003

Metoprolol for the Prevention of Acute Exacerbations of COPD

scientific article published on 20 October 2019

Minimal or maximal clinically important difference: using death to define MCID.

scientific article published in June 2013

Missing value imputation in high-dimensional phenomic data: imputable or not, and how?

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Non-emphysematous chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is associated with diabetes mellitus

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Obesity and extent of emphysema depicted at CT.

scientific article published on 19 February 2015

Older adults with chronic lung disease report less limitation compared with younger adults with similar lung function impairment

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Optimal Protocol Selection for Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Severe COPD

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Optimal threshold in CT quantification of emphysema

scientific article published on November 2012

Optimizing the 6-Min Walk Test as a Measure of Exercise Capacity in COPD

scientific article published on December 1, 2012

Outcomes of noninvasive ventilation for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the United States, 1998-2008.

scientific article published on 20 October 2011

Oxygen consumption, shuttle walking test and the evaluation of lung resection

scientific article

Paired inspiratory-expiratory chest CT scans to assess for small airways disease in COPD

scientific article published on April 8, 2013

Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with antibodies to heat shock protein 70 have poor prognoses

scientific article published on April 2013

Perfusion scintigraphy and patient selection for lung volume reduction surgery

scientific article

Peripheral T cell functions correlate with the severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published in March 2009

Persistent pneumocystis colonization leads to the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a nonhuman primate model of AIDS

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Pharmacokinetics and metabolism of all-trans- and 13-cis-retinoic acid in pulmonary emphysema patients

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Physical activity, health status and risk of hospitalization in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Physical inactivity in patients with COPD, a controlled multi-center pilot-study

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Physician and patient perceptions in COPD: the COPD Resource Network Needs Assessment Survey

scientific article published in December 2005

Physiologic similarities and differences between COPD and asthma

scientific article published in August 2004

Physiological and computed tomographic predictors of outcome from lung volume reduction surgery

scientific article

Plasma B lymphocyte stimulator and B cell differentiation in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients

scientific article published on 19 July 2013

Plasma inflammatory mediators associated with bone metabolism in COPD

scientific article published on June 2010

Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization is associated with enhanced Th1 inflammatory gene expression in lungs of humans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article

Pneumocystis: a novel pathogen in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

scientific article published on February 2008

Prediction of acute respiratory disease in current and former smokers with and without COPD

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Predictors of mortality in patients with emphysema and severe airflow obstruction

scientific article published on 16 March 2006

Pulmonary fissure integrity and collateral ventilation in COPD patients

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Pulmonary function abnormalities in HIV-infected patients during the current antiretroviral therapy era.

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Quantitative computed tomography analysis, airflow obstruction, and lung cancer in the pittsburgh lung screening study

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Radiographic emphysema predicts low bone mineral density in a tobacco-exposed cohort

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Randomized trial of zileuton for treatment of COPD exacerbations requiring hospitalization

scientific article published on February 2011

Rationale and design of the Genomic Research in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and Sarcoidosis study. Alpha-1 protocol

journal article published in 2015

Relationship between lung function impairment and health-related quality of life in COPD and interstitial lung disease

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Relationship between pathologic characteristics of peripheral airways and outcome after lung volume reduction surgery in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on August 2006

Relationship of DNA methylation and gene expression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

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Relationship of pneumocystis antibody response to severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on October 2008

Relative utility of 6-minute walk vs. incremental shuttle walk: does it depend upon functional status?

scientific article published in May 2005

Respiratory symptoms and airway obstruction in HIV-infected subjects in the HAART era.

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Role of lung reduction in lung transplant candidates with pulmonary emphysema

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Serum IgG Levels and Risk of COPD Hospitalization: A Pooled Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on 18 May 2020

Sex differences in severe pulmonary emphysema

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Simvastatin for the prevention of exacerbations in moderate-to-severe COPD

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Single-breath diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide: a predictor of PaO2, maximum work rate, and walking distance in patients with emphysema

scientific article published in May 2003

Six-Minute Walk Distance in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Spontaneous bronchopleural fistula following lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema

scientific article published on 22 January 2009

Survival after lung volume reduction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: insights from small airway pathology

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Tacrolimus in refractory polymyositis with interstitial lung disease

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Target lobe volume reduction and COPD outcome measures after endobronchial valve therapy

scientific article published on July 11, 2013

Team building: electronic management-clinical translational research (eM-CTR) systems

scientific article published on December 2009

The 6-Minute-Walk Distance Test as a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Stratification Tool. Insights from the COPD Biomarker Qualification Consortium

scientific article published on 22 June 2016

The COPD Biomarker Qualification Consortium (CBQC).

scientific article published on June 2013

The HLA class II Allele DRB1*1501 is over-represented in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

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The effect of lung volume reduction surgery on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations

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The influence of radiographic phenotype and smoking status on peripheral blood biomarker patterns in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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The minimal important difference of exercise tests in severe COPD.

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The relationship between pulmonary emphysema and kidney function in smokers

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Three-dimensional airway tree architecture and pulmonary function

scientific article published on 11 August 2012

Tiotropium in patients with moderate COPD naive to maintenance therapy: a randomised placebo-controlled trial

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Unilateral thoracoscopic surgical approach for diffuse emphysema.

scientific article published on February 1996

Use of endobronchial valves for native lung hyperinflation associated with respiratory failure in a single-lung transplant recipient for emphysema

scientific article published in January 2007

Variability of spirometry in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: results from two clinical trials

scientific article published on 23 February 2006