TY - JOUR T1 - <em>From the authors</em> JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 1070 LP - 1070 DO - 10.1183/09031936.00009507 VL - 29 IS - 5 AU - C. E. Kuehni AU - G. Michel AU - M-P. F. Strippoli AU - M. Zwahlen AU - A. M. Brooke AU - J. Grigg AU - M. Silverman Y1 - 2007/05/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/29/5/1070.abstract N2 - We would like to thank S.S. Cunha and P.J. Newcombe for their discussion of our paper. Although we generally agree with most arguments raised by the two authors, we want to emphasise that their points did not accurately represent our carefully worded statements. First, using different scenarios, we have shown how estimates of the prevalence of wheeze differ if understanding of the word “wheeze” by parents is taken into account 1. In our paper, table 4 shows that misunderstanding of “wheeze” does … ER -