COPD: time to improve its taxonomy?

Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 00132 - 2017
Published: Jan 1, 2018
Abstract
Due to well-conducted epidemiological studies and advances in genetics, molecular biology, translational research, the advent of computed tomography of the lungs and bioinformatics, the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as a single entity caused by susceptibility to cigarette smoke is no longer tenable. Furthermore, the once-accepted concept that COPD results from a rapid and progressive loss of lung function over time is...
Paper Details
Title
COPD: time to improve its taxonomy?
Published Date
Jan 1, 2018
Volume
4
Issue
1
Pages
00132 - 2017
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