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The multiple dimensions of airways disease: targeting treatment to clinical phenotypes.
Current opinion in pulmonary medicine - 1 Mar 2011
Shirtcliffe Philippa, Weatherall Mark, Travers Justin, Beasley Richard
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The recognition that asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are not single diseases, but syndromes made up of multiple separate disorders that overlap, has led to attempts to develop a new taxonomy for the disorders of airflow obstruction. A better understanding of the distinct disorders of airways disease has the potential to inform on underlying mechanisms, risk factors,...
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