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Food allergy (FA) affects 2%-10% of US children and is a growing clinical and public health problem.
This paper is an editorial comment by Professor Patrick Holt on the potential for developing early intervention strategies in children with allergies and asthma
The relative importance of respiratory viral infections vs inhalant allergy in asthma pathogenesis is the subject of ongoing debate.
This article looks at the clinical implications of the research into microbial exposure & protection against asthma.
The extent to which maternal smoking in pregnancy (MSP) has persisting effects on respiratory health remains uncertain and the mechanisms involved are not...
The respiratory tract is an attractive target organ for novel diagnostic and therapeutic applications with nano-sized carriers, but their immune effects and...
Asthma is more common in childhood than in adulthood and is more correctly thought of as a syndrome than as a discrete condition.
Inhaled allergens are known for their immediate and ongoing effects in the respiratory tract (RT).
The house dust mite allergen Der p 2 is one of the most important indoor allergens associated with allergic disease.
For 20 years, the hygiene hypothesis has dominated attempts to explain the increasing prevalence of allergic disease. A causal link between maternal innate immu