Causal direction between respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis and asthma studied in monozygotic twins

Chest

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 338-344

  Poorisrisak, Porntiva ^a,b   Halkjaer, Liselotte Brydensholt ^a   Thomsen, Simon Francis ^c   Stensballe, Lone Graff ^d   Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm ^e   Skytthe, Axel ^e   Schioetz, Peter Oluf ^f   Bisgaard, Hans ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NAESTVED HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

EID: 77955354735     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-0365     Document Type: Article

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