Eosinophilia at the time of respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis predicts childhood reactive airway disease

Pediatrics

Volumn 105, Issue 1 I, 2000, Pages 79-83

  Ehlenfield, Daryl R ^a   Cameron, Kathleen ^a   Welliver, Robert C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; Childhood asthma; Eosinophils; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EOSINOPHILIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0033962197     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.105.1.79     Document Type: Article

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