Algorithm for identification of asthma–COPD overlap: consensus between the Spanish COPD and asthma guidelines
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The clinical features of the overlap between COPD and asthma
BACKGROUND The coexistence of COPD and asthma is widely recognized but has not been well described. This study characterizes clinical features, spirometry, and chest CT scans of smoking subjects with both COPD and asthma. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional study comparing subjects with COPD and asthma to subjects with COPD alone in the COPDGene Study. RESULTS 119 (13%) of 915 subjects w...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00068-2017