Which clinical subgroups within the spectrum of child asthma are attributable to atopy?

Chest

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 135-142

  Ponsonby, Anne Louise ^a   Gatenby, Paul ^b   Glasgow, Nicholas ^b   Mullins, Raymond ^c   McDonald, Tim ^b   Hurwitz, Mark ^b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeroallergen sensitization; Atopy; Childhood asthma; Disease severity

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING HABIT; SPECTRUM; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHEEZING;

EID: 0036158043     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.1.135     Document Type: Article

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