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Eczema often precedes the development of asthma in a disease course called the 'atopic march'.
Population-based birth cohorts on asthma and allergies increasingly provide new insights into the development and natural history of the diseases.
Young adulthood is a critical life period for health and health behaviours.
There is substantial interest in studying lung function in infants, to better understand the early life origins of chronic lung diseases such as asthma.
This article assesses the absolute and specific antibody titres to VP1 antigens of the gut-trophic enteroviruses, echovirus 30 and Sabin 1 poliovirus, in...
This study analysed the IgE binding patterns caused by house dust mite allergens in scabies endemic communities in Australia.
Sex-related differences in bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) have been reported in adolescents, but the mechanisms remain obscure.
Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways, most commonly driven by immuno-inflammatory responses to ubiquitous airborne antigens.
There is evidence to suggest an association between prenatal maternal stress and the development of asthma or other atopic diseases in offspring.
Researchers are urging caution in the use of a widely accepted test for diagnosing asthma, after their study found it may not be accurate in some settings.