Lung clearance index differentiates children with poorly controlled asthma better than FEF2575: Data from the paediatric asthma genes and environment study

H. Sheridan, D. Miller, K. Macleod, S. Turner, S. Cunningham (Edinburgh, Aberdeen, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Biological correlates and comorbidities of childhood asthma/allergy
Session: Biological correlates and comorbidities of childhood asthma/allergy
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 4268
Disease area: Airway diseases, Paediatric lung diseases

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