Age-related changes in the asthmatic phenotype in children

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 295-299

  Horner, Caroline C ^a   Strunk, Robert C ^a,b  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway hyper responsiveness; Asthma; Lung function; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ADOLESCENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL CAPACITY; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 34249054218     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32809913a2     Document Type: Review

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