The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 121, Issue 3 , Pages 614-619 , March 2008

Advances in pediatric asthma in 2007

  • Stanley J. Szefler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Stanley J. Szefler, MD, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, 1400 Jackson Street, Room J304 Molly Blank Building, Denver, CO 80206.

Received 28 November 2007 ,Accepted 30 November 2007.

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 Supported in part by Public Health Services Research Grants HR-16048, HL64288, HL51834, AI-25496, HL081335, and HL075416; General Clinical Research Center Grant 5 MO1 RR00051; and the Colorado Cancer, Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Disease Program.

 Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: S. Szefler has consulting arrangements with AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Aventis, Genentech, and Merck and has received research support from the National Institutes of Health, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Ross Pharmaceuticals.

PII: S0091-6749(07)02378-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.11.033

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 121, Issue 3 , Pages 614-619 , March 2008

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