Article
Are Asthma and COPD a Continuum of the Same Disease?
The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice - 1 Jan 2000
Soler Xavier, Ramsdell Joe W
Abstract excerpt
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are common heterogeneous diseases with significant impact on morbidity, mortality, and health care costs. In most of the cases, the main features and pathophysiology differ substantially between both asthma and COPD, which allows differentiating both entities and providing appropriate treatment. The recognition of a subgroup of patients who present...
Topics
- Asthma
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Syndrome