Boys 'Outgrow' Asthma More Often than Girls

SOURCE: MedPageTODAY

DATE:  August 15, 2008

EXCERPT: "Asthma prevalence begins to switch genders at the onset of puberty, when the condition becomes more common in girls ..."   more

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Tantisira KG, Colvin R, Tonascia J, Strunk RC, Weiss ST, Fuhlbrigge AL; Childhood Asthma Management Program Research Group. Abstract. Airway responsiveness in mild to moderate childhood asthma: sex influences on the natural historyAirway responsiveness in mild to moderate childhood asthma: sex influences on the natural history. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008 Aug 15;178(4):325-31. PMID: 18420965

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Gerritsen J. No Abstract. Airway responsiveness in teenagers is becoming sexier. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008 Aug 15;178(4):321-2. PMID: 18683291