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Characterisation of the overlap COPD-asthma phenotype. Focus on physical activity and health status.
Respiratory medicine - 1 Jul 2013
Miravitlles Marc, Soriano Joan B, Ancochea Julio, Muñoz Luis, Duran-Tauleria Enric, Sánchez Guadalupe, Sobradillo Víctor, García-Río Francisco
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Patients with COPD may share some clinical characteristics with asthma sufferers. This phenotypic overlap between COPD and asthma is not yet well characterised. METHOD: We have analysed data from the EPI-SCAN study, an epidemiological, population-based study in Spain that included 3885 (40 to 80-year-old) subjects in order to investigate the clinical and systemic inflammatory characteristics of COPD...
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