Asthma and COPD: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Management
- ISBN-10
- 0080920608
- ISBN-13
- 9780080920603
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 896
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-03-19
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Authors
- Peter J. Barnes, Jeffrey M. Drazen, Stephen I. Rennard
Description
The Second Edition of Asthma and COPD: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Management continues to provide a unique and authoritative comparison of asthma and COPD. Written and edited by the world's leading experts, it continues to be a comprehensive review of the most recent understanding of the basic mechanisms of both conditions, specifically comparing their etiology, pathogenesis, and treatments. * Each chapter considers Asthma and COPD in side-by-side contrast and comparison – not in isolation - in the context of mechanism, triggers, assessments, therapies, and clinical management * Presents the latest and most comprehensive understandings of the mechanisms of inflammation in both Asthma and COPD * Most extensive reference to primary literature on both Asthma and COPD in one source. * Easy-to-read summaries of the latest advances alongside clear illustrations
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