Viruses and asthma
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Viruses and asthma exacerbations.
For many years general opinion has been that upper respiratory viruses were the cause of the common cold but were able to produce serious complications only in infants, the elderly, and immunocompromised subjects. Although a connection between upper respiratory infections and asthma had long been recognised, the potential importance of the association was probably underestimated until relativel...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0304-4165
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2011.01.012