The Asthma Predictive Index: Early diagnosis of asthma

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 157-161

  Castro Rodriguez, Jose A ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

asthma; Asthma Predictive Index; infants; preschoolers; wheezing

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; ASTHMA PREDICTIVE INDEX; ATOPY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHEST INFECTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COUGHING; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECZEMA; EGG ALLERGY; EOSINOPHILIA; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MILK ALLERGY; MITE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PEANUT ALLERGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RHINOVIRUS INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79955608865     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e3283464c4a     Document Type: Review

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