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Associations of different phenotypes of wheezing illness in early childhood with environmental variables implicated in the aetiology of asthma.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Granell Raquel, Sterne Jonathan A C, Henderson John
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: Asthma is a complex heterogeneous disease that has increased in prevalence in many industrialised countries. However, the causes of asthma inception remain elusive. Consideration of sub-phenotypes of wheezing may reveal important clues to aetiological risk factors. METHODS: Longitudinal phenotypes capturing population heterogeneity in wheezing reports from birth to 7 years were derived using latent...
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