Objectives To assess the impact of HIV-related immunodeficiency and antiretroviral treatment
on the occurrence and evolution of abnormal Papanicolaou tests. Study design Cohort of …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of symptoms evocative of obstructive sleep apnea
(SE-OSA) and the magnitude of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) underdiagnosis. METHODS…

This article presents a review of the most recent data on descriptive epidemiology of asthma
in France. The latest national surveys show a cumulative prevalence of asthma of more than …

Background: A study was undertaken of deaths with an underlying or associated cause of
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and trends in COPD mortality from 1979 to …

Chronic bronchitis (CB) is an indicator of an increased risk of developing COPD, but its
symptoms are often underestimated. Demographic and socio-economic conditions might …

Background. Most hospital admissions for asthma exacerbation are avoidable with
adequate disease management. Objectives. The objective of this study was to describe the …

Objective Different phenotypes of wheezing have been described to date but not in early life.
We aim to describe wheezing phenotypes between the ages of two months and one year, …

Objectives Because most HIV-infected women are of reproductive age, we investigated
whether their reproduction planning was affected by their HIV diagnosis. Design The European …

Objective: To describe the circumstances of the first HIV-positive test and to study the determinants
of a delayed diagnosis of HIV infection. Methods: In a retrospective study among adult …

BACKGROUND: Several studies have investigated the association between pollen exposure
and asthma emergency admissions, but only 2 have investigated the effect of airborne …