Wheezing, asthma, and pulmonary dysfunction 10 years after infection with respiratory syncytial virus in infancy.

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Summary

Differences in lung function and bronchial lability might have been caused by infection damaging the growing lung but might also be explained by pre-existing differences in the airway, rendering certain children more susceptible to symptomatic infection when first challenged by the virus in infancy.

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Published
1982-06-05
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Keywords

Wheeze, Medicine, Atopy, Pediatrics, Asthma

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