Can we prevent exacerbations of asthma caused by common cold viruses?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 770-771

  Weinberger, Miles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; bacterial products; viral respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BACTERIUM LYSATE; MONTELUKAST;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDITORIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN RHINOVIRUS; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA OZAENAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; WHEEZING;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BACTERIA; CELL EXTRACTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMON COLD; HUMANS; INFANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RHINOVIRUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957813580     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.08.019     Document Type: Editorial

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