Paediatric Respiratory Reviews
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 185-190 , September 2010

Paediatric asthma: everything that seemed to be certain no longer is

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 This review is based on the presentation at the annual meeting of the European Respiratory Society in Vienna, Sept 2009, Paediatric year in review.

PII: S1526-0542(10)00038-2

doi: 10.1016/j.prrv.2010.05.002

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 185-190 , September 2010