Asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap: Diagnostic stability and inflammatory characteristics
Georgios Patentalakis
1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Sotiria" Hospital of Chest Diseases, Athens, Greece
Search for more papers by this authorPetros Bakakos
1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Sotiria" Hospital of Chest Diseases, Athens, Greece
Search for more papers by this authorAnastasia Papaporfyriou
1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Sotiria" Hospital of Chest Diseases, Athens, Greece
Search for more papers by this authorGeorgios Papatheodorou
Clinical Research Unit, 401 General Army Hospital, Athens, Greece
Search for more papers by this authorGeorgios Hillas
5th Department of Respiratory Medicine, "Sotiria" Hospital of Chest Diseases, Athens, Greece
Search for more papers by this authorKonstantinos Kostikas
2nd Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Attikon” Hospital, Athens, Greece
Search for more papers by this authorSpyros Papiris
2nd Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Attikon” Hospital, Athens, Greece
Search for more papers by this authorNikolaos Koulouris
1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Sotiria" Hospital of Chest Diseases, Athens, Greece
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Stelios Loukides
2nd Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Attikon” Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Stelios Loukides, 2nd Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Attikon” Hospital, Smolika 2 16673, Athens, Greece.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorGeorgios Patentalakis
1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Sotiria" Hospital of Chest Diseases, Athens, Greece
Search for more papers by this authorPetros Bakakos
1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Sotiria" Hospital of Chest Diseases, Athens, Greece
Search for more papers by this authorAnastasia Papaporfyriou
1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Sotiria" Hospital of Chest Diseases, Athens, Greece
Search for more papers by this authorGeorgios Papatheodorou
Clinical Research Unit, 401 General Army Hospital, Athens, Greece
Search for more papers by this authorGeorgios Hillas
5th Department of Respiratory Medicine, "Sotiria" Hospital of Chest Diseases, Athens, Greece
Search for more papers by this authorKonstantinos Kostikas
2nd Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Attikon” Hospital, Athens, Greece
Search for more papers by this authorSpyros Papiris
2nd Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Attikon” Hospital, Athens, Greece
Search for more papers by this authorNikolaos Koulouris
1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Sotiria" Hospital of Chest Diseases, Athens, Greece
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Stelios Loukides
2nd Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Attikon” Hospital, Athens, Greece
Correspondence
Stelios Loukides, 2nd Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Attikon” Hospital, Smolika 2 16673, Athens, Greece.
Email: [email protected]
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