1072 Biomarkers in the assessment of asthma and COPD

Tuesday, 7 December 2010: 17:05 - 17:25
Louis-Philippe Boulet, MD, FRCPC , Institu universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada

Learning Objectives:
To provide insight into how disordered cell and molecular processes in these diseases can be used as diagnostic and prognostic tests

To offer new knowledge about methods used to find biomarkers related to disease mechanisms

To provide some examples of biomarkers that influence the stratification of these diseases