The term "asthma" should be avoided in describing the chronic pulmonary disease of prematurity

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1430-1431

  Filippone, Marco ^a   Carraro, Silvia ^a   Baraldi, Eugenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NITRIC OXIDE;

ASTHMA; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LETTER; LUNG DYSPLASIA; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ASTHMA; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 84887291471     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00055913     Document Type: Letter

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