Relationship between bronchial hyperresponsiveness and impaired lung function after infantile asthma.

Wheezing during infancy has been linked to early loss of pulmonary function. We prospectively investigated the relation between bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) and progressive impairment of pulmonary function in a cohort of asthmatic infants followed until age 9 years. We studied 129 infants who...

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Main Authors: Christophe Delacourt, Marie-Rose Benoist, Muriel Le Bourgeois, Serge Waernessyckle, Patrick Rufin, Jean-Jacques Brouard, Jacques de Blic, Pierre Scheinmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2048663?pdf=render