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Understanding the pathophysiology of the asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome.
Current opinion in pulmonary medicine - 1 Mar 2016
Gelb Arthur F, Christenson Stephanie A, Nadel Jay A
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The review will provide an update on the pathophysiology and studies of inflammation associated with the asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap syndrome (ACOS) and the mechanism(s) responsible for persistent expiratory airflow limitation in never-smoked asthma patients who develop loss of lung elastic recoil consistent with an asthma-COPD clinical phenotype (ACOS in...
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