Early diagnosis of asthma in young children by using non-invasive biomarkers of airway inflammation and early lung function measurements: study protocol of a case-control study

• Main Authors: Jöbsis Quirijn (Author), Klaassen Ester MM (Author), van de Kant Kim DG (Author), Nijhuis Annedien J (Author), van Schayck Onno CP (Author), Dompeling Edward (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood, characterized by chronic airway inflammation. There are problems with the diagnosis of asthma in young children since the majority of the children with recurrent asthma-like sym...