Article
Phenotypes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
COPD - 1 Dec 2007
Friedlander Adam L, Lynch David, Dyar Liesel A, Bowler Russell P
Abstract excerpt
The current clinical classification of smoking-related lung disease fails to take into account the heterogeneity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). With an increased understanding of pathophysiologic variation, COPD now clearly represents a spectrum of overlapping diseases with important extrapulmonary consequences. A "phenotype" describes the outward physical manifestations of a particular disease,...
Topics
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Risk Factors