Chronic inflammatory diseases in children are more severe in girls

Shock

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-26

  Casimir, Georges J A ^a   Mulier, Sandra ^a   Hanssens, Laurence ^a   Knoop, Christiane ^a   Ferster, Alina ^a   Hofman, Barbara ^a   Duchateau, Jean ^b  

^a HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

acute asthma; CRP; cystic fibrosis; ESR; Inflammation; neutrophil count; sex differences; sickle cell anemia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTISONE;

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TEMPERATURE;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77953909757     PISSN: 10732322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SHK.0b013e3181ce2c3d     Document Type: Article

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