Childhood Asthma

We began appreciating the existence of a pediatric asthma epidemic more than 2 decades ago, and in the years since then, the available treatment alternatives and paradigms have changed dramatically, including impressive improvements in symptom and objective testing outcomes in clinical studies, and an overall stabilization of prevalence and exacerbation rates.1 However, pediatric asthma continues to be an important public health problem, and the overall disease burden shows no objective signs of shrinking in the near term.
Source: Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America - Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Tags: Foreword Source Type: research