TY - JOUR T1 - <em>To the Editors</em> JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 705 LP - 706 DO - 10.1183/09031936.00177408 VL - 33 IS - 3 AU - A. Bush AU - F. M. de Benedictis AU - G. Hedlin AU - J. Y. Paton AU - G. Wennergren AU - N. M. Wilson Y1 - 2009/03/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/33/3/705.abstract N2 - We welcome the important article delineating the difference between severity and control in asthma 1, but we wonder if, on reflection, a different nomenclature, with a broader scope, might be more useful in real life clinical practice. The authors' propose subgroups of severe asthma, where poor control for extraneous reasons (for example medication issues and/or associated co-morbidities) are included, although it was correctly pointed out that the term “severe” asthma should … ER -