Respiratory diseases account for about 25% of all pediatric consultations, and 10% of these
are for asthma. The other main pediatric respiratory diseases, in terms of incidence, are …

Childhood asthma remains a multifactorial disease with heterogeneous clinical phenotype
and complex genetic inheritance. The primary aim of asthma management is to achieve …

… n = 50 for severe asthma, n = 7 for mild asthma, and n = 11 for control subjects). C and E, EB
specimens from a school-aged asthmatic patient stained for IL-13 (magnification ×200 and ×…

Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation is increasingly used in children both in acute and
in chronic setting. Clinical data supporting safety, efficacy and limitations in children are …

… SAFS (n = 38) was defined as specific IgE or skin prick test response positivity to Aspergillus
fumigatus, Alternaria alternata, or Cladosporium herbarum. Clinical features and airway …

… (n = 12), biopsy specimen size of less than 0.2 mm 2 (n = 7), and no identifiable ASM (… (n
= 14) and school-aged children (n = 13) aged 0.25 to 14.2 years (Spearman r = 0.027, P = .89). …

Background The inflammatory phenotypes of severe asthma in adults may be reflected in
peripheral blood. If this were true in children with severe therapy‐resistant asthma ( STRA ), …

… (n=5) showed lung hypoplasia (figure 2a), air leaks and/or ground-glass opacities; chest
radiography in infancy and early childhood (n… 1 and 18 years of age (n=5) showed a spectrum of …

… 499 patients (n=250 in the MISTIE group; n=249 in the standard medical care group) received
treatment and were included in the mITT analysis set. The mITT primary adjusted efficacy …

Lithographically patterned grids of photoresist, aluminum oxide, or gold on oxidized silicon
substrates were used to partition supported lipid bilayers into micrometer-scale arrays of …