“Frequent exacerbator” is a phenotype of poor prognosis in Japanese patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BACKGROUND: The prognosis of Japanese patients with COPD who suffer repeated exacerbations is unclear, although Westerners with such episodes have a poor prognosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a 1-year prospective observational trial involving 90 Japanese patients with COPD: 58 nonexacerbato...

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Autores principales: Tomioka, Ryusuke, Kawayama, Tomotaka, Suetomo, Masashi, Kinoshita, Takashi, Tokunaga, Yoshihisa, Imaoka, Haruki, Matsunaga, Kazuko, Okamoto, Masaki, Hoshino, Tomoaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2016
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4745858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26893552
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S98205

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4745858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26893552
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S98205

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