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Chronic Bronchitis and COPD
Chronic Bronchitis and COPD
Chronic Bronchitis
Chronic bronchitis: a clinical diagnosis requiring
patients to have a chronic cough productive of
sputum for at least 3 months a year for at least 2
consecutive years in the absence of other
diseases
However, only a minority of patients with
chronic bronchitis develop clinically significant
airway obstruction
Chronic Bronchitis
There is a strong familial association of COPD due to
chronic bronchitis, but the underlying genetics are
unknown