Monitoring asthma in childhood: lung function, bronchial responsiveness and inflammation

This review focuses on the methods available for measuring reversible airways obstruction, bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) and inflammation as hallmarks of asthma, and their role in monitoring children with asthma. Persistent bronchial obstruction may occur in asymptomatic children and is consid...

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Main Authors: Alexander Moeller, Kai-Hakon Carlsen, Peter D. Sly, Eugenio Baraldi, Giorgio Piacentini, Ian Pavord, Christiane Lex, Sejal Saglani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2015-06-01
Series:European Respiratory Review
Online Access:http://err.ersjournals.com/content/24/136/204.full