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Severe COPD cases from Korea, Poland, and USA have substantial differences in respiratory symptoms and other respiratory illnesses

PURPOSE: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), characterized by irreversible airflow obstruction, is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. However, geographic differences in the clinical characteristics of severe COPD patients have not been widely studied. METHODS: We recruited...

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Autores principales: Kim, Woo Jin, Yim, Jae-Joon, Kim, Deog Kyeom, Lee, Myung Goo, Fuhlbrigge, Anne L, Sliwinski, Pawel, Hawrylkiewicz, Iwona, Wan, Emily S, Cho, Michael H, Silverman, Edwin K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5716321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29238186
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S145908