The role of maternal obesity in susceptibility to respiratory viral infection and exacerbation rate in pregnant women with asthma

V. Murphy, H. Powell, P. Gibson (Newcastle, Australia)

Source: International Congress 2014 – Asthma: still a heterogeneous condition!
Session: Asthma: still a heterogeneous condition!
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 224
Disease area: Airway diseases

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V. Murphy, H. Powell, P. Gibson (Newcastle, Australia). The role of maternal obesity in susceptibility to respiratory viral infection and exacerbation rate in pregnant women with asthma. Eur Respir J 2014; 44: Suppl. 58, 224

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