Article
COPD: definition and phenotypes.
Clinics in chest medicine - 1 Mar 2014
Vestbo Jørgen
Abstract excerpt
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is currently defined as a common preventable and treatable disease that is characterized by persistent airflow limitation that is usually progressive and associated with an enhanced chronic inflammatory response in the airways and the lung to noxious particles or gases. Exacerbations and comorbidities contribute to the overall severity in individual patients. The...
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