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. 2019 Mar;68(2):76-81.

COPD and asthma: Diagnostic accuracy requires spirometry

Christina D Wells  1 , Min J Joo  2
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  • PMID: 30870534

COPD and asthma: Diagnostic accuracy requires spirometry

Christina D Wells et al. J Fam Pract. 2019 Mar.

Abstract

Up to one-third of patients receiving a clinical diagnosis of COPD or asthma have been shown to lack evidence of disease in subsequent lung-function studies.

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