Asthma & COPD

Asthma and COPD: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Management provides a unique, authoritative comparison of asthma and COPD. Written and edited by the world's leading experts, it is a comprehensive review of the most recent understanding of the basic mechanisms of asthma and COPD and in particular compares their etiology, pathogenesis and treatments. This highlights the contrasts and sharpens the distinctions between the two conditions, a feature that is particularly important in view of the similarity of the two clinical phenotypes. While both diseases cause airflow limitation and are characterised by chronic inflammation, there are many differences, including differences in management. Asthma and COPD: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Management will be an invaluable resource for cell biologists, immunologists, pharmacologists and physicians working in pulmonary research either in academia or on the pharmaceutical industry.Highlights distinguishing features between asthma and COPD Reviews benefits and limitations of current therapies Summarises key information in two-colour artwork Extensively referenced to primary literature