title: [What place should we give to symptoms in the diagnosis of COPD?]
authors.affiliation: Physiologie-explorations fonctionnelles, hôpital Jean-Minjoz, CHRU, 25030 Besançon cedex, France; Équipe d'accueil (EA) 3920, université de Franche-Comté, 25030 Besançon, France. Electronic address: bruno.degano@univ-fcomte.fr.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Degano
authors.affiliation: Équipe d'accueil (EA) 3920, université de Franche-Comté, 25030 Besançon, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guillien
authors.affiliation: Physiologie-explorations fonctionnelles, hôpital Jean-Minjoz, CHRU, 25030 Besançon cedex, France; Pneumologie, hôpital Jean-Minjoz, CHRU, 25030 Besançon, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Soumagne
mesh_terms: D003371:Cough / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012307:Risk Factors; D063189:Symptom Assessment