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Is COPD a Progressive Disease? A Long Term Bode Cohort Observation.

PLoS One · 2016 · PMC4839642 · PMID 27100872

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We have no explanation for this observation, except that the proportion of patients who quit smoking was higher, and the total amount of cigarettes smoked was lower, in patients who remained stable or improved compared with those that worsened, although it failed to reach statistical significance.

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