Predicting the long-term prognosis of children with symptoms suggestive of asthma at preschool age

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Caudri, Daan ^a   Wijga, Alet ^b   A Schipper, C Maarten ^b   Hoekstra, Maarten ^c   Postma, Dirkje S ^d   Koppelman, Gerard H ^d   Brunekreef, Bert ^e   Smit, Henriette A ^b   de Jongste, Johan C ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; birth cohort; children; cough; longitudinal; prediction; prognosis; wheeze

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIRTH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; DELIVERY; DYSPNEA; ECZEMA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; WHEEZING;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PYROGLYPHIDAE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 71749095337     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.06.045     Document Type: Article

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