PG15 Postgraduate Course: Asthma and COPD: similarities and differences

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: M. Cazzola (Rome, Italy), G. Joos (Ghent, Belgium)
Aims: To discuss the similarities and differences between asthma and COPD.

HERMES SYLLABUS LINKS: A.1.3 Physiology, A.1.4 Pathophysiology, B.1.1 Asthma.

TYPE OF COURSE: Case and lecture based

Common genes for asthma and COPD? D. S. Postma (Groningen, The Netherlands)
Similarities and differences in inflammatory mechanisms P. J. Barnes (London, United Kingdom)
Similarities and differences in physiology M. Cosio (Montreal, Qc, Canada)
Similarities and differences in acute exacerbations L. M. Fabbri (Modena, Italy)