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Burden of disease associated with a COPD eosinophilic phenotype.
International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - 1 Jan 2018
Ortega Hector, Llanos Jean-Pierre, Lafeuille Marie-Hélène, Germain Guillaume, Duh Mei Sheng, Bell Christopher F, Sama Susan R, Hahn Beth
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Purpose: Based on blood and sputum samples, up to 40% of patients with COPD have eosinophilic inflammation; however, there is little epidemiology data characterizing the health care burden within this sub-population. Given that COPD-attributable medical costs in the USA are predicted to approach $50 billion by 2020, we analyzed the effect of blood eosinophil counts and exacerbations on health care resource...
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