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Perinatal risk factors for wheezing phenotypes in the first 8 years of life.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Dec 2013
Caudri D, Savenije O E M, Smit H A, Postma D S, Koppelman G H, Wijga A H, Kerkhof M, Gehring U, Hoekstra M O, Brunekreef B, de Jongste J C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A novel data-driven approach was used to identify wheezing phenotypes in pre-schoolchildren aged 0-8 years, in the Prevention and Incidence of Asthma and Mite Allergy (PIAMA) birth cohort. Five phenotypes were identified: never/infrequent wheeze, transient early wheeze, intermediate onset wheeze, persistent wheeze and late onset wheeze. It is unknown which perinatal risk factors drive development of...
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