Life Cycle of Childhood Asthma: Prenatal, Infancy and Preschool, Childhood, and Adolescence

Asthma is a heterogeneous developmental disorder influenced by complex interactions between genetic susceptibility and exposures. Wheezing in infancy and early childhood is highly prevalent, with a substantial minority of children progressing to established asthma by school age, most of whom are ato...

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Published inClinics in chest medicine Vol. 40; no. 1; p. 125
Main Authors Ross, Kristie R, Teague, W Gerald, Gaston, Benjamin M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.03.2019
Subjects
Adolescent
Asthma - diagnosis
Asthma - epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Pregnancy
Prevalence
Respiratory Sounds - diagnosis
Risk Factors
Prenatal
Adolescence
Puberty
Childhood
Preschool
Wheezing
Asthma
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Summary:Asthma is a heterogeneous developmental disorder influenced by complex interactions between genetic susceptibility and exposures. Wheezing in infancy and early childhood is highly prevalent, with a substantial minority of children progressing to established asthma by school age, most of whom are atopic. Adolescence is a time of remission of symptoms with persistent lung function deficits. The transition to asthma in adulthood is not well understood.
ISSN:1557-8216
DOI:10.1016/j.ccm.2018.10.008