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Sex-specific risk factors for childhood wheeze and longitudinal phenotypes of wheeze.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Dec 2016
Tse Sze Man, Rifas-Shiman Sheryl L, Coull Brent A, Litonjua Augusto A, Oken Emily, Gold Diane R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Although sexual dimorphism in wheeze and asthma prevalence are well documented, sex-specific risk factors for wheeze and longitudinal wheeze phenotypes have not been well elucidated. OBJECTIVE: By using a large prebirth cohort, this study aimed to identify sex-specific risk factors for wheeze from birth through midchildhood and identify distinct longitudinal wheeze phenotypes and the sex-specific risk...
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