The asthma–COPD overlap syndrome: do we really need another syndrome in the already complex matrix of airway disease?
Konstantinos Kostikas, Andreas Clemens, Francesco Patalano Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland Abstract: The term asthma–COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) is one of multiple terms used to describe patients with characteristics of both COPD and asthma, representing ~20% of patients with obs...
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Language: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2016-06-01
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Series: | International Journal of COPD |
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Online Access: | https://www.dovepress.com/the-asthmandashcopd-overlap-syndrome-do-we-really-need-another-syndrom-peer-reviewed-article-COPD |