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Genetic predisposition to wheeze following respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 May 2004
Goetghebuer T, Isles K, Moore C, Thomson A, Kwiatkowski D, Hull J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The nature of the association between severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis and subsequent wheezing remains unknown. In a previous study, we showed that genetic variation in the IL-8-promoter region is associated with susceptibility to severe bronchiolitis. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess the association between wheezing post-bronchiolitis and the genetic variant of...
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