Sputum eosinophilia can predict responsiveness to inhaled corticosteroid treatment in patients with overlap syndrome of COPD and asthma

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma may overlap and converge in older people (overlap syndrome). It was hypothesized that patients with overlap syndrome may have different clinical characteristics such as sputum eosinophilia, and better responsiveness to treatment wit...

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Autores principales: Kitaguchi, Yoshiaki, Komatsu, Yoshimichi, Fujimoto, Keisaku, Hanaoka, Masayuki, Kubo, Keishi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3346210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22589579
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S30651

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