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Pulmonary function measures reflect respiratory health and are used in the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Emeritus Honorary Researcher
Honorary Emeritus Fellow; Scientific Reviewer - Animal Ethics
Researchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia have found children with vitamin D deficiency are more likely to develop asthma.
Population-based birth cohorts on asthma and allergies increasingly provide new insights into the development and natural history of the diseases.
Pregnancy is a time of vulnerability for vitamin D insufficiency, and there is an emerging literature associating low levels of 25(OH)-vitamin D with...
Allergen-specific immunoglobulin E (present in allergic sensitization) has a central role in the pathogenesis of allergic disease.
No reproducible associations with KIR2DL4 genotype were identified, leading us to conclude that the KIR2DL4 9A/10A polymorphism has no influence...
These findings suggest that this modified version of SLIT should be considered for retesting of mucosal-based immunotherapy for atopic asthma prevention.
We conducted an open randomized controlled trial in Papua New Guinea to compare safety, immunogenicity and priming for memory of 7-valent PCV (PCV7) given in...