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Importance of fractional exhaled nitric oxide in the differentiation of asthma–COPD overlap syndrome, asthma, and COPD

BACKGROUND: Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) is an easy, sensitive, reproducible, and noninvasive marker of eosinophilic airway inflammation. Accordingly, FeNO is extensively used to diagnose and manage asthma. Patients with COPD who share some of the features of asthma have a condition called...

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Autores principales: Chen, Feng-jia, Huang, Xin-yan, Liu, Yang-li, Lin, Geng-peng, Xie, Can-mao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5045026/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27713629
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S115378