Definition and diagnosis of asthma–COPD overlap (ACO)

It is now widely recognized that asthma and COPD can coexist as asthma–COPD overlap (ACO), but the preliminary attempts at providing universal guidelines for the diagnosis of ACO still need to be improved. We believe that a case can be made for devising guidelines for the diagnosis of this increasin...

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Main Authors: Satoru Yanagisawa, Masakazu Ichinose
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-04-01
Series:Allergology International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893018300029