Article
Moving from the Oslerian paradigm to the post-genomic era: are asthma and COPD outdated terms?
Thorax - 1 Jan 2014
Vanfleteren Lowie E G W, Kocks Janwillem W H, Stone Ian S, Breyer-Kohansal Robab, Greulich Timm, Lacedonia Donato, Buhl Roland, Fabbri Leonardo M, Pavord Ian D, Barnes Neil, Wouters Emiel F M, Agusti Alvar
Abstract excerpt
In the majority of cases, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are two clearly distinct disease entities. However, in some patients there may be significant overlap between the two conditions. This constitutes an important area of concern because these patients are generally excluded from randomised controlled trials (mostly because of smoking history in the case of asthma or because of...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.