Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Difficult and rare respiratory infections
Disease area: Airway diseases



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A. Huerta, E. Crisafulli, R. Menendez, R. Martinez, N. Soler, M. Guerrero, B. Montull, R. Domingo, A. Torres (Barcelona, Valencia, Spain; Modena, Italy). Pneumonic and non-pneumonic exacerbations of COPD: Systemic inflammatory response and clinical characteristics. Eur Respir J 2013; 42: Suppl. 57, 2068

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Maria Kleinert (Ranelagh, Argentina) - 09.09.2013 14:11
It is accepted that symptoms as snore and day sleepness plus polisomnography alterations is required for diagnosis. How many of the patients you studied had both items?

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