Favorable longitudinal change of lung function in patients with asthma-COPD overlap from a COPD cohort

Abstract Background The recognition of asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap (ACO) as a distinct phenotype of COPD or asthma has increased. Although ACO has worse clinical features than non-ACO COPD, limited information is available on long-term outcomes of lung function declin...

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Main Authors: Hye Yun Park, Suh-Young Lee, Danbee Kang, Juhee Cho, Hyun Lee, Seong Yong Lim, Ho Il Yoon, Seung Won Ra, Ki Uk Kim, Yeon-Mok Oh, Don D. Sin, Sang-Do Lee, Yong Bum Park
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:Respiratory Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12931-018-0737-8