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Comorbidity as a contributor to frequent severe acute exacerbation in COPD patients
BACKGROUND: Comorbidities have a serious impact on the frequent severe acute exacerbations (AEs) in patients with COPD. Previous studies have used the Charlson comorbidity index to represent a conglomerate of comorbidities; however, the respective contribution of each coexisting disease to the frequ...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4976810/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27536097 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S103063 |