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Prevalence of asthma–COPD overlap syndrome among primary care asthmatics with a smoking history: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: The overlap between asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an important clinical phenomenon. However, the prevalence of asthma–COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) is not known. AIMS: To investigate the prevalence of ACOS among asthmatic patients with a smoking history, and e...

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Autores principales: Kiljander, Toni, Helin, Timo, Venho, Kari, Jaakkola, Antero, Lehtimäki, Lauri
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4504195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26182124
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npjpcrm.2015.47