The art and science of paediatric 'asthma'

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1581-1585

  Everard, M L ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; NITRIC OXIDE;

ASTHMA; ATOPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; EOSINOPHILIA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS INFECTION; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; CHILD; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SPUTUM;

EID: 35349014122     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2007.02840.x     Document Type: Editorial

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