Associations of different phenotypes of wheezing illness in early childhood with environmental variables implicated in the aetiology of asthma.

Asthma is a complex heterogeneous disease that has increased in prevalence in many industrialised countries. However, the causes of asthma inception remain elusive. Consideration of sub-phenotypes of wheezing may reveal important clues to aetiological risk factors.Longitudinal phenotypes capturing p...

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Main Authors: Raquel Granell, Jonathan A C Sterne, John Henderson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3485223?pdf=render