Asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome: a controversial concept.

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Asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome: a controversial concept.

Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Feb 2017

Rodrigo Gustavo J, Neffen Hugo, Plaza Vicente

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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To illustrate the scant evidence and the shortcomings of the concept of 'asthma-COPD overlap syndrome' (ACOS) in terms of clinical utility. RECENT FINDINGS: Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are considered as two distinct and heterogeneous diseases. For ma...

Topics

Animals
Asthma
Diagnosis, Differential
Disease Management
Evidence-Based Medicine
Humans
Phenotype
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Syndrome

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