Should asthma no longer be considered an allergic disease?

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Chairs: U. Frey (Bern, Switzerland), J. C. Virchow (Rostock, Germany)
Aims: To review data from recent ultrastructural, epidemiological and genetic studies showing that the link between asthma and allergy is more coincidental than causal.
To present an overview of the clinical consequences of the limited link between asthma and allergy.

The consequences of novel insights into the pathophysiology of asthma for its treatment P. L. P. Brand (Zwolle, The Netherlands)