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Atopic status and level of bronchial responsiveness in parents of children with acute bronchiolitis.
The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma - 1 Dec 2000
Koh Y Y, Jeong J H, Kim C K, Kim Y K, Jee Y K, Cho S H, Min K U, Kim Y Y
Abstract excerpt
To examine whether children with a genetic predisposition to asthma are more likely to be afflicted with bronchiolitis, we studied 122 parents of infants who were hospitalized with the diagnosis of acute bronchiolitis (index group) and 120 parents of children who had never suffered from this disease (control group). The parents underwent bronchial challenge testing with methacholine and skin prick testing with...
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