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Symptom-pattern phenotype and pulmonary function in preschool wheezers.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Sept 2010
Sonnappa Samatha, Bastardo Cristina M, Wade Angela, Saglani Sejal, McKenzie Sheila A, Bush Andrew, Aurora Paul
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary function in preschool wheezing phenotypes based on wheeze onset and duration and atopic status has been extensively described but has not been studied in symptom-pattern phenotypes of episodic (viral) and multiple-trigger wheeze. OBJECTIVE: We investigated whether multiple-trigger wheezers were more likely to have abnormal pulmonary function and increased fraction of exhaled nitric oxide...
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