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Value of past clinical history in differentiating bronchial asthma from COPD in male smokers presenting with SOB and fixed airway obstruction

OBJECTIVE: Differentiating asthma from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is difficult. Steroid trial may be of help but has several pitfalls. The present study aims to assess the value of past clinical profile of asthma and its differential diagnosis from COPD in male smokers and thereby...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Prahlad Rai, Anupam, Mehrotra, Ashok Kumar, Khublani, Trilok Kumar, Soni, Shradha, Feroz, Asif
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4298912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25624591
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.148432

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