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Clinical phenotypes in adult patients with bronchiectasis.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Apr 2016
Aliberti Stefano, Lonni Sara, Dore Simone, McDonnell Melissa J, Goeminne Pieter C, Dimakou Katerina, Fardon Thomas C, Rutherford Robert, Pesci Alberto, Restrepo Marcos I, Sotgiu Giovanni, Chalmers James D
Abstract excerpt
Bronchiectasis is a heterogeneous disease. This study aimed at identifying discrete groups of patients with different clinical and biological characteristics and long-term outcomes.This was a secondary analysis of five European databases of prospectively enrolled adult outpatients with bronchiectasis. Principal component and cluster analyses were performed using demographics, comorbidities, and clinical,...
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