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Peer review and NICE COPD guidelines
  1. J A Wedzicha
  1. Correspondence to:
    Professor J A Wedzicha
    Editor in Chief, Thorax Editorial Office, 17 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2PL, UK; J.A.Wedzichaqmul.ac.uk

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New COPD guidelines from NICE

Over the years Thorax has published a number of valuable clinical guidelines, and these have been subject to formal peer review as for any original paper.1–13 With this issue of Thorax we publish as a supplement the full version of the clinical guidelines for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).14 Unlike the previous guidelines mainly produced through the Standards of Care Committee of the British Thoracic Society (BTS), these COPD guidelines have been developed by the NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions.

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