Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and comorbidities
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Underrecognized comorbidities of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
COPD is associated with different comorbid diseases, and their frequency increases with age. Comorbidities severely impact costs of health care, intensity of symptoms, quality of life and, most importantly, may contribute to life span shortening. Some comorbidities are well acknowledged and established in doctors' awareness. However, both everyday practice and literature searches provide eviden...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2213-2600
DOI: 10.1016/s2213-2600(12)70060-7