[Clinical phenotypes of COPD].

doi:10.1016/S0300-2896(10)70056-9

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[Clinical phenotypes of COPD].

Archivos de bronconeumologia - 1 Dec 2010

Sobradillo Patricia, García-Aymerich Judith, Agustí Àlvar

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex, multifaceted disease. The clinical presentation is highly heterogeneous and consequently, within what is known today as COPD, there may be some groups (phenotypes) of patients who share clinical and/or biological characteristics but who h...

Topics

Acute Disease
Bronchitis, Chronic
Cardiovascular Diseases
Cluster Analysis
Cohort Studies
Disease Progression
Hospitalization
Humans
Phenotype
Prognosis
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Emphysema
Spain
Treatment Outcome

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