Systemic manifestations and comorbidities of COPD
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...It is increasingly recognized that many patients with COPD have comorbidities and that these have a major impact on their quality of life and survival (42)....
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...Likewise, our results also confirm that co-morbidities occur more frequently in patients with COPD than in controls [22]....
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...However, the possibility that co-morbidities may occur early during the course of the disease raises important questions about their potential pathogenic mechanisms [22] and highlights the clinical importance of identifying (and treating) them if present early in the course of the disease....
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...COPD is a complex respiratory disease frequently associated with systemic manifestations (25, 26)....
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