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The transient value of classifying preschool wheeze into episodic viral wheeze and multiple trigger wheeze.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) - 1 Jan 2010
Schultz A, Devadason S G, Savenije O E M, Sly P D, Le Souëf P N, Brand P L P
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BACKGROUND: A recently proposed method for classifying preschool wheeze is to describe it as either episodic (viral) wheeze or multiple trigger wheeze. In research studies, phenotype is generally determined by retrospective questionnaire. AIM: To determine whether recently proposed phenotypes of preschool wheeze are stable over time. METHODS: In all, 132 two to six-year-old children with doctor diagnosed asthma...
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