title: Asthma versus chronic obstructive pulmonary disease--exploring why 'reversibility versus irreversibility' is no longer an appropriate approach.
authors.affiliation: Bristol University and Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dow
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000503:physiopathology; D001249:Asthma / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009626:Terminology as Topic