Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Phenotypes: Implications for Care.

doi:10.1016/j.mayocp.2017.03.020

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Phenotypes: Implications for Care.

Mayo Clinic proceedings - 1 Jul 2017

Mirza Shireen, Benzo Roberto

Abstract excerpt

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) phenotyping can help define clusters of patients with common characteristics that relate to clinically meaningful outcomes. In this review, we describe 7 clinically meaningful COPD phenotypes that can be identified by primary care physicians as well as...

Topics

Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Phenotype
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Risk Factors

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