Asthma and respiratory syncytial virus infection in infancy: is there a link?

What it found

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Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

1. The Role of Human Milk Immunomodulators in Protecting Against Viral Bronchiolitis and Development of Chronic Wheezing Illness.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2015
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2. The physiological effects of human immunoglobulin on severe bronchiolitis patients before and after treatment.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2015
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3. Understanding the mechanisms of viral induced asthma: new therapeutic directions.Pharmacology & therapeutics · 2008
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4. Respiratory infections and asthma.The Medical journal of Australia · 2002
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5. The role of viruses in development or exacerbation of atopic asthma.Clinics in chest medicine · 2000
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6. Plasma surfactant protein-B is elevated in infants with respiratory syncytial virus-induced bronchiolitis.Pediatric research · 1999
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Authors and funding

2 authors.

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Abstract

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