Asthma Control Test and Bronchial Challenge with Exercise in Pediatric Asthma
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Asthma Control Test and Bronchial Challenge with Exercise in Pediatric Asthma
BACKGROUND Poor asthma control can lead to exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB), but the relationship between subjective disease control and EIB is unclear. No studies have compared asthma control test (ACT) scores of children with those of their parents regarding EIB. We assessed whether ACT scores predict the occurrence of EIB in two age groups. We also evaluated ACT scores and objectiv...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Pediatrics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2296-2360
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2016.00016