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Asthma and Allergy in Childhood: Prediction and Early Diagnosis

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Clinicians would be at a great advantage if they at an early stage could identify the children who would develop asthma or other allergic disease in the future and who would remain or become healthy in later childhood and adult life. Then, resources could be focused more towards those with likely persistent disease to ensure optimal relevant management. For the scientists, identifying children who will go on to develop a disease, could provide a strong basis for understanding disease development as well as for giving appropriate advice to the community on how to prevent or diminish the potential harmful influences whenever possible.

Parents need to know at the earliest possible stage whether or not their coughing or wheezing child is starting a life long career in allergic diseases, or if the symptoms are passing with a healthy outcome. Thus, appropriate early management, primary or secondary prevention, and prognosis estimates, all point to the necessity or value of trying to predict any disease.

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Carlsen, K.C.L., Wennergren, G. (2009). Asthma and Allergy in Childhood: Prediction and Early Diagnosis. In: Pawankar, R., Holgate, S.T., Rosenwasser, L.J. (eds) Allergy Frontiers: Therapy and Prevention. Allergy Frontiers, vol 5. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-99362-9_22

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