OBJECTIVE: In addition to traditional clinical markers, quality-of-life assessment can be helpful
to estimate the well-being of patients. Discrepancies in perception of well-being between …

Although bacterial superinfection in viral respiratory disease is a clinically well documented
phenomenon, the pathogenic mechanisms are still poorly understood. Recent studies have …

Viruses are the most common cause of lower respiratory tract disease in infants and young
children and are a major public health problem in this age group. The novel variant of …

Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection is associated with subsequent recurrent
wheeze. Observational studies cannot determine whether RSV infection is the cause of …

BACKGROUND: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most important pathogen causing
severe lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in infants. Epidemiologic and basic studies …

Background. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common cause of severe lower
respiratory tract infection in infants. Only a proportion of children infected with RSV require …

OBJECTIVE: Children who experience respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory
tract infections (LRTIs) early in life have high rates of subsequent recurrent wheezing. …

Aims: To describe and quantify impairment in an outpatient population of children with chronic
pain of unknown origin (UCP). Methods: A total of 149 children who presented with pain of …

Background Decreased exposure to microbial stimuli has been proposed to be involved in
the increased prevalence of atopic disease. Such a relationship was indicated by enhanced …

Eosinophil cationic protein (ECP), a cytotoxic protein contained in the granules of eosinophils,
has been suggested as having an important role in the pathogenesis of asthma. To …