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Distinct physiological, transcriptomic, and imaging characteristics of asthma-COPD overlap compared to asthma and COPD in smokers.
EBioMedicine - 1 Dec 2024
Fangal Vrushali D, Saferali Aabida, Castaldi Peter J, Hersh Craig P, Weiss Scott T
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BACKGROUND: The clinical and pathological features of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can converge in smokers and elderly individuals as asthma-COPD overlap (ACO). This overlap challenges the diagnosis and treatment of the distinct aetiologies underlying these conditions. METHODS: We analysed 2453 smokers (≥10 pack-years), aged 45-80 years, from the Genetic Epidemiology of COPD (COPDGene)...
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