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Risk factors for croup in children with recurrent respiratory infections: a case-control study.
Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology - 1 Mar 2009
Pruikkonen Hannele, Dunder Teija, Renko Marjo, Pokka Tytti, Uhari Matti
Abstract excerpt
Croup accounts for approximately 15% of all lower respiratory disease in children, but little is known about risk factors or its recurrence rate. The aim of this study was to determine the risk factors for croup and recurrent croup and to find out whether it is possible to predict the course of the disease. We considered croup patients who visited the Paediatric Department of Oulu University Hospital as primary...
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