Markers of Dental Health Correlate with Daily Respiratory Symptoms in COPD
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Variability of respiratory symptoms in severe COPD.
INTRODUCTION While it is known that asthma symptoms have a very variable pattern, the general belief is that the respiratory symptoms in COPD patients usually present little or no variability. Nevertheless, COPD patients report having "bad days". The objective of this present study was to evaluate the variability of the respiratory symptoms and their impact on the daily activities of a cohort o...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2372-952X
DOI: 10.15326/jcopdf.5.2.2017.0159