Allergy and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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چکیده
Allergy, airway hyperreactivity (AHR), and allergic asthma are risk factors of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a heterogeneous disease presenting with various phenotypes. An allergic phenotype of COPD, characterized by more severe respiratory symptoms and higher risk of acute exacerbations, was described recently.[1] Further investigations into the role of allergy in the pathogenesis and/or expressions of COPD may lead to new modalities targeting the allergic component, a potentially treatable feature of a progressive disease like COPD.
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