Linear growth in asthmatic children

Asthma is the most frequent chronic inflammatory disease in childhood, and its prevalence has increased remarkably over the last decades. Therefore, the scientific community became interested in studying the growth of the affected children. The relationship between asthma and growth suffers the influence of the clinical picture, of therapeutics, but the different study methods make it difficult to distinguish the factors responsible for the growth retardation detected by some authors. This review has the purpose of providing an overall outlook on this matter.

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Main Authors: Antonio,Maria Ângela Reis de Góes Monteiro, Ribeiro,José Dirceu, Toro,Adyléia Aparecida Dalbo Contrera, Piedrabuena,Aquiles Eugenico, Morcillo,André Moreno
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2003
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-35862003000100008
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