Article
Considerations and pitfalls in phenotyping and reclassification of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine - 1 Oct 2013
Bon Jessica, Liao Serena, Tseng George, Sciurba Frank C
Abstract excerpt
As the clinical and research focus of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) evolves from regarding obstructive lung disease as a single disease entity to recognizing the complexity of disease expression, the importance of COPD phenotyping rises to the forefront. The reclassification of COPD holds both prognostic and therapeutic implications but does not come without issues that may complicate...
Topics
- Humans
- Lung
- Phenotype
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Severity of Illness Index
