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Duration of allergic susceptibility in maternal transmission of asthma risk.
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) - 1 Aug 2007
Fedulov Alexey V, Leme Adriana S, Kobzik Lester
Abstract excerpt
PROBLEM: Asthma has its origins in early-life. Maternal, not paternal asthma is an important risk factor, but the mechanisms and the duration of the maternal effect are unknown. METHOD OF STUDY: Offspring of asthmatic and normal mice were sensitized with ovalbumin (OVA) at 1, 3, 6 and 10 weeks of age, challenged with aerosolized OVA 2 weeks later and tested for airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) and allergic airway...
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