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Author Frey, U. (Urs)

Title Respiratory Diseases in Infants and Children
Published Sheffield : European Respiratory Society Journals, 2006
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Description 1 online resource (373 pages)
Series European Respiratory Monograph, Number 37
European respiratory monograph Number 37
Contents Cover; Contents; Guest editors; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- Epidemiology of respiratory diseases in infants and children; Chapter 2 -- Lung development from infancy to adulthood; Chapter 3 -- Assessing lung growth and function in infants and young children; Chapter 4 -- Remodelling in paediatric respiratory disease and impact on growth and development; Chapter 5 -- Immunology and defence mechanism of the developing lung; Chapter 6 -- Allergy and the paediatric lung during development; Chapter 7 -- Impact of genetic factors on lung development in health and disease
Chapter 8 -- Gene-environment interaction and respiratory disease in childrenChapter 9 -- Clinically relevant early functional and diagnostic markers of lung disease in children; Chapter 10 -- Clinically relevant early functional and diagnostic markers of lung disease in the paediatric intensive care unit; Chapter 11 -- Wheezing disorders in young children: one disease or several phenotypes?; Chapter 12 -- Bronchiolitis in infants and childr
Summary Respiratory disorders in infants and children are challenging problems for every clinician involved in the management of these patients. This book summarises recent advances in the management of children. The scholarly contributions of the distinguished contributors represent a careful and comprehensive synthesis of current knowledge in pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment
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Subject Medicine.
Adolescent.
Age Groups.
Child.
Disease.
Infant.
Named Groups
Persons.
Respiratory Tract Diseases.
Form Electronic book
Author Gerritsen, J.
ISBN 1904097839 (electronic bk.)
9781904097839 (electronic bk.)