Clinical Approach to Asthma COPD Overlap Syndrome
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The Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome.
Although in textbooks asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are viewed as distinct disorders, there is increasing awareness that many patients have features of both. This article reviews the asthma-COPD overlap syndrome.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal Of Medical Science And Clinical Invention
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2348-991X,2454-9576
DOI: 10.18535/ijmsci/v5i3.07