Respiratory outcomes and atopy in school-age children who were preterm at birth, with and without bronchopulmonary dysplasia

OBJECTIVE: To assess pulmonary function and the prevalence of atopy in school-age children who were very low birth weight as infants and to compare those who had bronchopulmonary dysplasia to those who did not. METHOD: We studied 85 (39 male and 46 female) at a mean age of 84 (range, 62 to 107) mont...

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Main Authors: Hercília Guimarães, Gustavo Rocha, Susana Pissarra, Maria Beatriz Guedes, Teresa Nunes, Bonito Vitor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2011-01-01
Series:Clinics
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322011000300011