Abstract:We investigated whether patients with childhood asthma had improved when reaching adulthood. We also evaluated factors which might influence the course of the disease. The study included a group of 108 asthmatics, diagnosed and monitored throughout childhood at the out-patients clinics of Oulu University Central Hospital. At the age of 20-24 yrs of age they were evaluated for the clinical state of their disease, ventilatory lung function and hyperreactivity of the airways. In the interval 30 (28%) had become t… Show more
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