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Wheezy babies--wheezy adults? Review on long-term outcome until adulthood after early childhood wheezing.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) - 1 Jan 2008
Piippo-Savolainen Eija, Korppi Matti
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Population-based birth cohort studies have documented that about 30% of children suffer from wheezing during respiratory infection before their third birthday. Recurrent wheezing is common in early childhood, but most patients outgrow their symptoms by school age. However, recent long-term postbronchiolitis follow-up studies from Sweden and Finland have revealed that asthma is present in about 40% of...
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