Children with asthma followed up for 21 years; Severity improved, but patients seldom grow out of asthma by adulthood;Barn med astma följdes under 21 år - Besvären minskar, men astman växer sällan bort i vuxen ålder

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Volumn 97, Issue 41, 2000, Pages 4572-4577

  Kjellman, Bengt ^a   Gustafsson, Per M ^b  

^a Kärnsjukhuset ^*  (Sweden)

^b SKARABORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INHALATION TEST; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034638319     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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