Pulmonary function tests, sputum induction, and bronchial provocation tests: diagnostic tools in the challenge of distinguishing asthma and COPD phenotypes in clinical practice

BACKGROUND: Despite a number of important differences in the pathogenesis, course, and prognosis, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have many features in common. Furthermore, smoking induces considerable overlap in pathogenesis and clinical features between these conditions. Th...

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Autores principales: Dima, Efrossini, Rovina, Nikoletta, Gerassimou, Christina, Roussos, Charis, Gratziou, Christina
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2939684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20856828

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