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Wheezing, a significant clinical phenotype of COPD: experience from the Taiwan Obstructive Lung Disease Study.
International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - 1 Jan 2015
Huang Wan-Chun, Tsai Ying-Huang, Wei Yu-Feng, Kuo Ping-Hung, Tao Chi-Wei, Cheng Shih-Lung, Lee Chao-Hsien, Wu Yao-Kuang, Chen Ning-Hung, Hsu Wu-Huei, Hsu Jeng-Yuan, Wang Chin-Chou, Lin Ming-Shian
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: COPD is an important public health challenge with significant heterogeneity of clinical presentation and disease progression. Clinicians have been trying to find phenotypes that may be linked to distinct prognoses and different therapeutic choices. Not all patients with COPD present with wheezing, a possible clinical phenotype that can help differentiate patient subgroups. METHODS: The Taiwan...
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