The development of asthma in wheezing infants with Chlamydia pneumoniae infection

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 565-568

  Zaitsu, Masafumi ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Infant wheezing; Specific IgM antibody

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; WHEEZING;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ASTHMA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 34548831998     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900701537115     Document Type: Article

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