Annual Congress Amsterdam 2011

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New dimensions in respiratory clinics - Peter Macklem memorial symposium

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Chairs: E. Bel (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), P. J. Sterk (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Aims: After this session the audience will:
- have a better understanding of what constitutes health and disease;
- know the importance of fractiles and temporal dynamics in health and disease;
- understand the different pathophysiological dimensions of asthma and COPD;
- have knowledge of future developments in diagnosis, phenotyping and treatment of asthma
and COPD.
This session is dedicated to the memory of Peter Macklem.

Disease phenotyping using the swings of disease U. Frey (Basel, Switzerland)