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The Japanese Respiratory Society (JRS) recommends long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMAs) as long-acting bronchodilators in first-line treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) during the stable period. The JRS’s new guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of COPD, which was revised…
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