Clinical characteristics of eosinophilic COPD versus COPD patients with a history of asthma

Abstract Eosinophilic COPD appears to be a distinct patient subgroup with an increased corticosteroid response. Eosinophilic COPD has been labelled as part of the asthma COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS). We compared the clinical characteristics of eosinophilic COPD patients (without any clinical history...

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Published in:	Respiratory Research
Main Authors:	Umme Kolsum, Arjun Ravi, Paul Hitchen, Satyanarayana Maddi, Thomas Southworth, Dave Singh
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2017-04-01
Subjects:	Eosinophils COPD Asthma COPD overlap ACOS
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12931-017-0559-0