COPD: definition and phenotypes.

doi:10.1016/j.ccm.2013.10.010

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COPD: definition and phenotypes.

Clinics in chest medicine - 1 Mar 2014

Vestbo Jørgen

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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 p...

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Humans
Phenotype
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

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