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Underdiagnosis and overdiagnosis of asthma in the morbidly obese

Astrid van Huisstede, Manuel Castro Cabezas, Gert‐Jan M. van de Geijn, G. H. H. Mannaerts, Tjin L. Njo, Christian Taube, Pieter S. Hiemstra, Gert‐Jan Braunstahl

Respiratory Medicine · 2013 · 65 citations · 29 references

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Abstract

Besides overdiagnosis, there is also substantial underdiagnosis of asthma in the morbidly obese. Symptoms could be incorrectly ascribed to either obesity or asthma, and therefore also in the morbidly obese the diagnosis of asthma should also be based on pulmonary function testing.

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