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The objective evaluation of obstructive pulmonary diseases with spirometry.
International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - 1 Jan 2016
Ozkaya Sevket, Dirican Adem, Tuna Tibel
Abstract excerpt
Airway obstruction is variable in asthma, while it is progressive and persistent in chronic bronchitis and emphysema. However, some of the patients presenting with symptoms of chronic airway diseases have clinical features of both asthma and COPD. The group with "Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome" (ACOS) phenotype was characterized by definitely irreversible airway obstruction accompanied by symptoms and signs of...
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