Volume 1, Number 1, December 2006

Is it COPD or asthma?
Shona Shires

To be able to effectively manage patients with airflow obstruction in general practice it is imperative that we can differentiate between asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although COPD and asthma share many clinical features, they are different conditions with different airway inflammation and parenchymal patterns.

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