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Identification of novel immune phenotypes for allergic and nonallergic childhood asthma.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Jan 2015
Raedler Diana, Ballenberger Nikolaus, Klucker Elisabeth, Böck Andreas, Otto Ragna, Prazeres da Costa Olivia, Holst Otto, Illig Thomas, Buch Thorsten, von Mutius Erika, Schaub Bianca
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Childhood asthma is classified into allergic asthma (AA) and nonallergic asthma (NA), yet both are treated identically, with only partial success. OBJECTIVE: We sought to identify novel immune phenotypes for childhood AA and NA. METHODS: The Clinical Asthma Research Association cohort study includes 275 steroid-naive 4- to 15-year-old German children (healthy control subjects [HCs], patients with AA,...
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