Similarity and differences in elderly patients with fixed airflow obstruction by asthma and by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 232-238

  Di Lorenzo, Gabriele ^a   Mansueto, Pasquale ^a   Ditta, Vito ^a   Esposito Pellitteri, Maria ^a   Lo Bianco, Claudia ^a   Leto Barone, Maria S ^a   D'Alcamo, Alberto ^a   Farina, Cristina ^a   Di Fede, Gaetana ^a   Gervasi, Francesco ^b   Caruso, Calogero ^a   Rini, GiovamBattista ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b ARNAS Civico   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Elderly; Eosinophils; Neutrophils

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROC CURVE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

AGED; ASTHMA; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPUTUM; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 37449008529     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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