Old dilemma: asthma with irreversible airway obstruction or COPD

Older asthmatic patients may develop fixed airway obstruction and clinical signs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We investigated the added value of pathological evaluation of bronchial biopsies to help differentiate asthma from COPD, taking into account smoking, age, and inhaled cor...

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Autores principales: Fattahi, Fatemeh, Vonk, Judith M., Bulkmans, Nicole, Fleischeuer, Ruth, Gouw, Annette, Grünberg, Katrien, Mauad, Thais, Popper, Helmut, Felipe-Silva, Aloisio, Vrugt, Bart, Wright, Joanne L., Yang, Hui-Min, Kocks, Janwillem W.H., Hylkema, Machteld N., Postma, Dirkje S., Timens, Wim, ten Hacken, Nick H. T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4656713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26369547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00428-015-1824-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4656713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26369547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00428-015-1824-6

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