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Open AccessYoung children experience little emotional burden during invasive procedures in asthma research
Research in children should strike the right balance between protecting underage study subjects and advancing the medical field. This study gives insight into the emotional burden that common invasive research...
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Remaining symptoms in half the children treated for milk allergy
The aim of this study was to investigate the cumulative incidence and predictive variables of treatment failure with a whey-based extensively hydrolyzed formula (w-eHF) in children with cow’s milk allergy (CMA...
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Open AccessInhaled corticosteroids in childhood asthma: the story continues
Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are the most effective anti-inflammatory drugs for the treatment of persistent asthma in children. Treatment with ICS decreases asthma mortality and morbidity, reduces symptoms, i...
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Open AccessLung Function after the Minimal Invasive Pectus Excavatum Repair (Nuss Procedure)
The Nuss procedure was introduced at our center in 1999. The operation was mainly performed for cosmesis. Little information is available regarding the influence of this operation on lung function.
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Severity Scoring of Atopic Dermatitis
Hanifin and Rajka (1980) outlined the diagnostic criteria of atopic dermatitis (AD) in order to apply uniform criteria in diagnosing the disease. At the present time a pathognomonic diagnostic laboratory test ...
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When Asthma Interrupts Sleep in Children
Nocturnal symptoms of asthma such as coughing, wheezing, dyspnoea and dyspnoea on awakening are common in children with asthma. This is an important issue since nocturnal symptoms may have a negative influence...
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Intestinal Permeability in Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency Due to Cystic Fibrosis or Chronic Pancreatitis
Disturbances of the intestinal integrity, reflected by an increased intestinal permeability, are reported in cystic fibrosis (CF). Controversy exists whether the increased intestinal permeability is due to CF ...
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51 RECOVERY OF LUNG FUNCTION FROM HISTAMINE CHALLENGE IN ASTHMATIC CHILDREN
Recovery of lung function with time after challenge with histamine was studied in 45 asthmatic children (14 girls and 31 boys) aged 8 to 15 years. The children were allergic to house dust mite and had an incre...