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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-03-01
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Series: | Respiratory Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12931-018-0737-8 |