Treatable traits: toward precision medicine of chronic airway diseases.

doi:10.1183/13993003.01359-2015

Article

Treatable traits: toward precision medicine of chronic airway diseases.

The European respiratory journal - 1 Feb 2016

Agusti Alvar, Bel Elisabeth, Thomas Mike, Vogelmeier Claus, Brusselle Guy, Holgate Stephen, Humbert Marc, Jones Paul, Gibson Peter G, Vestbo Jørgen, Beasley Richard, Pavord Ian D

Abstract excerpt

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are two prevalent chronic airway diseases that have a high personal and social impact. They likely represent a continuum of different diseases that may share biological mechanisms (i.e. endotypes), and present similar clinical, functional, i...

Topics

Asthma
Humans
Inflammation
Phenotype
Precision Medicine
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

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