Natural history of asthma

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 523-538

  Guilbert, Theresa ^a   Krawiec, Marzena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; NEDOCROMIL;

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; GROWTH RETARDATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME;

EID: 0038048344     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-3955(03)00044-0     Document Type: Review

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