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There is substantial interest in studying lung function in infants, to better understand the early life origins of chronic lung diseases such as asthma.
Young adulthood is a critical life period for health and health behaviours.
Eczema often precedes the development of asthma in a disease course called the 'atopic march'.
The prevalence of IgE binding to the group 15 and 18 house dust mite (HDM) allergens of the Dermatophagoides species...
Allergic inflammation is commonly observed in a number of conditions that are associated with atopy including asthma, eczema and rhinitis.
HDM allergy is associated with asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis.
A hallmark of atopic asthma is development of chronic airways hyper-responsiveness (AHR) that persists in the face of ongoing exposure to perennial...
Prospective birth cohort studies tracking asthma initiation and consolidation in community cohorts have identified viral infections occurring against a...
The aim of this study was to explore associations between severe respiratory infections and atopy in early childhood with persisting wheeze and asthma.
Information is accumulating which implicates airway inflammation resulting from respiratory viral infections, acting against a background of atopy.