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Real-world clinical data identifies gender-related profiles in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
COPD - 1 Aug 2009
Laitinen T, Hodgson U, Kupiainen H, Tammilehto L, Haahtela T, Kilpeläinen M, Lindqvist A, Kinnula V L
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This study aims to compare diagnostic and clinical outcomes of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) from the gender perspective using retrospective health care data and patient reported outcomes in a real-world setting. An electronic database was constructed from complete medical records of 844 COPD patients who were recruited in Helsinki and Turku University Central Hospitals during the years 2005-07....
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