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.
MeSH terms
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Asthma / diagnosis*
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Asthma / physiopathology
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Diagnostic Errors
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Humans
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Primary Health Care*
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Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / diagnosis*
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Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / physiopathology
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Spirometry