[Early identification of respiratory viruses in asthmatic children].
The role of viral infections as a part of the environmental factors that triggered asthma in atopic subjects, their age specific pattern, as well as many risk factors for the development of subsequent wheezing are described. Some pathogenic mechanisms and their importance in the induction of airway inflammation are mentioned and early identification by laboratory tests in outlined for preventive approach and early antiinflammatory treatment.
Morfin Maciel
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BM
Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, México, DF.
López Pérez
G
G
Estrada de la Cerda
Y
Y
García Caballero
R
R
Cossío Ochoa
E
E
Huerta López
J
J
D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012135:Respiratory Sounds; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology; D012307:Risk Factors; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology; D014780:Viruses / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification
D016207:Cytokines