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Editorial

Defining and grading an obstructive ventilatory defect (OVD): ‘FEV1/FVC lower limit of normal (LLN) vs. Z-score’ and ‘FEV1 percentage predicted (%pred) vs. Z-score’

Rim KammounDepartment of Physiology and Functional Explorations, Farhat HACHED Hospital, Sousse, TunisiaView further author information
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Ines GhannouchiDepartment of Physiology and Functional Explorations, Farhat HACHED Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia;Laboratory of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of Sousse, University of Sousse, Sousse, TunisiaView further author information
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Sonia RouatbiDepartment of Physiology and Functional Explorations, Farhat HACHED Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia;Heart Failure (LR12SP09) Research Laboratory, Farhat Hached Hospital, Sousse, TunisiaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-3411-1182View further author information
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Helmi Ben SaadDepartment of Physiology and Functional Explorations, Farhat HACHED Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia;International Center of Functional Explorations, Sousse, TunisiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Article: 1487751 | Received 03 May 2018, Accepted 05 Jun 2018, Published online: 21 Jun 2018

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