Prenatal and childhood infections: Implications for the development and treatment of childhood asthma

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 743-754

  Fuchs, Oliver ^a,b   von Mutius, Erika ^a,b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Center for Lung Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIUM LYSATE; MACROLIDE; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; OMALIZUMAB; PALIVIZUMAB; PREBIOTIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT BETA INTERFERON; RETINOL;

ADENOVIRUS; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BOCAVIRUS; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONAVIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RHINOVIRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INTESTINE FLORA; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LUNG FUNCTION; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MICROBIOME; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PATHOGEN LOAD; PATHOGENESIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; REVIEW; RHINOVIRUS INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUBCUTANEOUS IMMUNOTHERAPY; SUBLINGUAL IMMUNOTHERAPY; TOBACCO; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS SHEDDING; WHEEZING;

EID: 84887098918     PISSN: 22132600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(13)70145-0     Document Type: Review

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