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LETTER

The Quantitative Computed Tomography Techniques are Alternate Modalities of Assessing the Disease Profile of COPD Instead of Pulmonary Function Testing Under COVID-19 Pandemic [Letter]

Pages 2485-2486 | Received 12 Aug 2022, Accepted 09 Sep 2022, Published online: 05 Oct 2022

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