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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-03-01
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Series: | Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia (English Edition) |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2173511516301385 |