Symptoms, atopy, and bronchial reactivity after lower respiratory infection in infancy.
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Symptoms, atopy, and bronchial reactivity after lower respiratory infection in infancy.
We studied the prevalence of subsequent respiratory symptoms and the relation between atopic status and bronchial reactivity in 200 index children and their controls 7 years after acute lower respiratory tract infections in infancy. Index children with recurrent symptoms differed from controls in respect of social and family characteristics and atopic background. Ventilatory function was dimini...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.59.4.299