Exploring the association between severe respiratory syncytial virus infection and asthma: A registry-based twin study

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1091-1097

  Thomsen, Simon Francis ^a   Van Der Sluis, Sophie ^b   Stensballe, Lone G ^c   Posthuma, Danielle ^b   Skytthe, Axel ^d   Kyvik, Kirsten O ^d   Duffy, David L ^e   Backer, Vibeke ^a   Bisgaard, Hans ^f  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asthma; Direction of causation; Genetic; RSV infection; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 67449100135     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200809-1471OC     Document Type: Article

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