Asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome â Literature review and contributions towards a Portuguese consensus

Introduction: Phenotypic overlap between the two main chronic airway pulmonary diseases, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), has been the subject of debate for decades, and recently the nomenclature of asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) was adopted for this condition. The defin...

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Main Authors: D. Araújo, E. Padrão, M. Morais-Almeida, J. Cardoso, F. Pavão, R.B. Leite, A.C. Caldas, A. Marques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2173511516301385