Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6064388 | Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology | 2014 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Children with asthma by school age exhibited an aberrant immune response to pathogenic bacteria in infancy. We propose that an abnormal immune response to pathogenic bacteria colonizing the airways in early life might lead to chronic airway inflammation and childhood asthma.
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Authors
Jeppe Madura PhD, Susanne PhD, Anna Hammerich PhD, Sune MSc, Morten Arendt PhD, Hans DMSc,