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Pathophysiological characterization of asthma transitions across adolescence.
Respiratory research - 29 Nov 2014
Arshad Syed Hasan, Raza Abid, Lau Laurie, Bawakid Khalid, Karmaus Wilfried, Zhang Hongmei, Ewart Susan, Patil Veersh, Roberts Graham, Kurukulaaratchy Ramesh
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BACKGROUND: Adolescence is a period of change, which coincides with disease remission in a significant proportion of subjects with childhood asthma. There is incomplete understanding of the changing characteristics underlying different adolescent asthma transitions. We undertook pathophysiological characterization of transitional adolescent asthma phenotypes in a longitudinal birth cohort. METHODS: The Isle of...
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