Asthma severity and atopy: How clear is the relationship?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 405-409

  Carroll, W D ^b   Lenney, W ^a   Child, F ^c   Strange, R C ^d   Jones, P W ^e   Whyte, M K ^f   Primhak, R A ^f   Fryer, A A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b DERBYSHIRE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; STEROID;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LUNG; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 33646366653     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.088278     Document Type: Article

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