Concern of underdiagnosing asthma-COPD overlap syndrome if age limit of 40 years for asthma is used

Eur Respir J. 2017 Aug 3;50(2):1700871. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00871-2017. Print 2017 Aug.

Authors

Minna Tommola¹, Pinja Ilmarinen², Leena E Tuomisto², Hannu Kankaanranta^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Seinäjoki Central Hospital, Seinäjoki, Finland minna.tommola@epshp.fi.
² Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Seinäjoki Central Hospital, Seinäjoki, Finland.
³ University of Tampere, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Tampere, Finland.

PMID: 28775049
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00871-2017

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Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Asthma*
Forced Expiratory Volume
Humans
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Diseases*