Can we predict which wheezy infants will continue to wheeze?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 5 I, 1999, Pages 1473-1480

  Clough, Joanne B ^a,b   Keeping, Kate A ^a   Edwards, Lucy C ^a   Freeman, Wendy M ^a   Warner, Jill A ^a   Warner, John O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTOGLOBULIN; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WHEEZING;

EID: 0032698030     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.160.5.9807019     Document Type: Article

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