Asthma - time for a change of name?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 62-65

  Silverman, Mike ^a   Wilson, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 0030851462     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.77.1.62     Document Type: Note

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