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Asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or both? Diagnostic labeling and spirometry in primary care patients aged 40 years or more

AIMS: To describe symptoms and lung function in patients registered with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in primary care and to examine how spirometry findings fit with general practitioners’ (GPs) diagnoses. METHODS: Patients aged ≥40 years with a diagnosis of asthma or COPD...

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Autores principales: Melbye, Hasse, Drivenes, Elin, Dalbak, Lene G, Leinan, Tone, Høegh-Henrichsen, Svein, Østrem, Anders
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3224654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22135492
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S25955