Clinical features cannot distinguish allergic from non-allergic asthma in children

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-56

  Sinisgalli, Scott ^a   Collins, Melanie Sue ^b   Schramm, Craig M ^b  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Farmington   (United States)

Author keywords

allergy skin tests; asthma severity; atopy; child; eczema

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; ONSET AGE; RELIABILITY; SKIN TEST;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INCIDENCE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 84855860404     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2011.631244     Document Type: Article

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