Phenotype stability in asthma and atopy in childhood.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.0280s1022.x

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Phenotype stability in asthma and atopy in childhood.

Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Apr 1998

Clough J B

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The asthma phenotype can be described using a combination of the following: symptom type, pattern and severity; markers of atopy; and measurement of bronchial responsiveness. Because of the very nature of the disease, symptoms of asthma are variable in both the short-and the long-term, and the na...

Topics

Asthma
Bronchial Hyperreactivity
Child
Child, Preschool
Humans
Hypersensitivity, Immediate
Phenotype
Respiratory Function Tests

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