Exacerbations in COPD: One thing leads to another
Friday, February 20, 2009 - 09:22
in Health & Medicine
New research shows that individual exacerbations in chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) themselves increase the likelihood of repeat exacerbations, even after five days of full, asymptomatic recovery - bad news for patients with COPD, where each exacerbation can drive the progression of the disease...
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