COPD and bronchiectasis: Phenotype, endotype or co-morbidity?

COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 603-604

  Blasi, Francesco ^a   Chalmers, James D ^b   Aliberti, Stefano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchiectasis; COPD; Embarc; Phenotype; Radiological Scoring

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; MACROLIDE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BRONCHIECTASIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; EMPHYSEMA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICIAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SPUTUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; COMPLICATION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RADIOGRAPHY;

BRONCHIECTASIS; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84910641760     PISSN: 15412555     EISSN: 15412563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15412555.2014.974744     Document Type: Editorial

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