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Disease burden of eosinophilic airway disease: Comparing severe asthma, COPD and asthma–COPD overlap

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There is less understanding of phenotypes and disease burden in asthma‐COPD overlap (ACO) than either disease alone. Blood eosinophils may help identify the patients in the clinic with eosinophilic airway… Click to show full abstract

There is less understanding of phenotypes and disease burden in asthma‐COPD overlap (ACO) than either disease alone. Blood eosinophils may help identify the patients in the clinic with eosinophilic airway inflammation. The potential value of this approach requires an understanding of the illness burden associated with eosinophilic ACO, eosinophilic severe asthma and eosinophilic COPD, defined by blood eosinophils.

Keywords: asthma copd; copd; disease burden; copd overlap; asthma

Journal Title: Respirology
Year Published: 2020

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