2017
DOI: 10.1002/jgf2.2
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Asthma‐COPD overlap syndrome—Coexistence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma in elderly patients and parameters for their differentiation

Abstract: Japan is an aging society, and the number of elderly patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is consequently increasing, with an estimated incidence of approximately 5 million. In 2014, asthma‐COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) was defined by a joint project of Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) committee and the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) committee. The main aims of this consensus‐based document are to assist clinicians, especially those in primary c… Show more

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