Phenotyping of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using the Modified Bhalla Scoring System for High-Resolution Computed Tomography

Baykal Tulek; Ali Sami Kivrak; Seda Ozbek; Fikret Kanat; Mecit Suerdem

doi:10.1155/2013/727523

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2013)

Phenotyping of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using the Modified Bhalla Scoring System for High-Resolution Computed Tomography

Baykal Tulek,
Ali Sami Kivrak,
Seda Ozbek,
Fikret Kanat,
Mecit Suerdem

Affiliations

Baykal Tulek: Department of Chest Diseases, Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine, Selcuklu, Konya, Turkey
Ali Sami Kivrak: Department of Radiology, Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine, Selcuklu, Konya, Turkey
Seda Ozbek: Department of Radiology, Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine, Selcuklu, Konya, Turkey
Fikret Kanat: Department of Chest Diseases, Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine, Selcuklu, Konya, Turkey
Mecit Suerdem: Department of Chest Diseases, Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine, Selcuklu, Konya, Turkey

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/727523
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 20, no. 2
pp. 91 – 96

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Identifying different phenotypes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is important for both therapeutic options and clinical outcome of the disease.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503

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