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Childhood infections and asthma: at the crossroads of the hygiene and Barker hypotheses

The hygiene hypothesis states that childhood asthma develops as a result of decreased exposure to infectious agents during infancy and early childhood. This results in the persistence of the neonatal T helper lymphocyte 2 immunophenotype, thereby predisposing the child to atopic disease. While multi...

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Main Authors: Tantisira, Kelan G, Weiss, Scott T
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: BioMed Central 2001
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC64800/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11737930
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/rr81
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