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Comparison of childhood wheezing phenotypes in 2 birth cohorts: ALSPAC and PIAMA.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Jun 2011
Savenije Olga E, Granell Raquel, Caudri Daan, Koppelman Gerard H, Smit Henriëtte A, Wijga Alet, de Jongste Johan C, Brunekreef Bert, Sterne Jonathan A, Postma Dirkje S, Henderson John, Kerkhof Marjan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Asthma has its origins in early childhood, but different patterns of childhood wheezing vary in their associations with subsequent asthma, atopy, and bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR). Novel wheezing phenotypes have been identified on the basis of analyses of longitudinal data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents And Children (ALSPAC). It is unclear whether these phenotypes can be replicated...
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