Recurrent wheeze in children with Down syndrome: Is it asthma?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Weijerman, Michel E ^a   Brand, Paul L ^b   Van Furth, Marceline A ^a   Broers, Chantal J ^a   Gemke, Reinoud J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Children; Down syndrome; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 80054036764     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02367.x     Document Type: Article

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