Prolonged asthma causes decline of peripheral airway function but not bronchial hyperresponsiveness in children

Of 62 asthmatics, children with longer duration of asthma had a higher frequency of having at least one positive allergen skin test (76.0% vs 58.3%, OR 2.26), greater median serum IgE level (500.00±132.61 IU/mL vs 242.70±98.31 IU/mL), and mean peripheral blood eosinophil count (512.90±70.30 vs 432.2...

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Published inJournal of allergy and clinical immunology Vol. 115; no. 2; p. S215
Main Authors Shin, S.A., Oh, J.W., Lee, H.B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published St. Louis Mosby, Inc 01.02.2005
Elsevier Limited
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Asthma
Multivariate analysis
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Summary:Of 62 asthmatics, children with longer duration of asthma had a higher frequency of having at least one positive allergen skin test (76.0% vs 58.3%, OR 2.26), greater median serum IgE level (500.00±132.61 IU/mL vs 242.70±98.31 IU/mL), and mean peripheral blood eosinophil count (512.90±70.30 vs 432.22±63.41), when compared with subjects having shorter one.
ISSN:0091-6749
1097-6825
DOI:10.1016/j.jaci.2004.12.868