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Phenotype of asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome.
The Korean journal of internal medicine - 1 Jul 2015
Rhee Chin Kook
Abstract excerpt
Many patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have overlapping characteristics of both diseases. By spirometric definition, patients with both fixed airflow obstruction (AO) and bronchodilator reversibility or fixed AO and bronchial hyperresponsiveness can be considered to have asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS). However, patients regarded to have ACOS by spirometric criteria alone...
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