Small airway function in prematurely born infants following viral infection

S. Drysdale, M. Alcazar, T. Wilson, M. Smith, M. Zuckerman, S. Broughton, G. F. Rafferty, S. Johnston, A. Greenough (London, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Innate and exogenous factors in childhood respiratory infection
Session: Innate and exogenous factors in childhood respiratory infection
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 502
Disease area: Paediatric lung diseases, Respiratory infections

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S. Drysdale, M. Alcazar, T. Wilson, M. Smith, M. Zuckerman, S. Broughton, G. F. Rafferty, S. Johnston, A. Greenough (London, United Kingdom). Small airway function in prematurely born infants following viral infection. Eur Respir J 2011; 38: Suppl. 55, 502

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- 21.10.2011 10:22
Very good work describing absence of correlation between specific viral alteration in preterm infants
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