Prevalence of asthma—chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap in patients with airflow limitation

Abstract Background Asthma-COPD overlap (ACO) according to GINA and GOLD is not a single disease and is described by persistent airflow limitation with several features usually associated with asthma and several features usually associated with COPD. Some different protocols were proposed to diagnos...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Youssef Shabaan, Rasha Galal Daabis, Ahmed Mohamed Abdelhady, Dina Hassan Ibrahim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-01-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
Subjects:
ACO
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43168-021-00055-0