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Increased longevity and the comorbidities associated with intellectual and developmental disabilityThe contributors, all world experts in their fields, also discuss what we can learn from the presence of co-morbidities.
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Identification and Isolation of Rodent Respiratory Tract Dendritic CellsThis chapter describes the preparation of respiratory tract tissue from both mice and rats for the isolation of respiratory tract dendritic cells (RTDC).
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The transient value of classifying preschool wheeze into episodic viral wheeze and multiple trigger wheezeA recently proposed method for classifying preschool wheeze is to describe it as either episodic (viral) wheeze or multiple trigger wheeze.
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Toll-like receptor 7 function is reduced in adolescents with asthmaAnti-viral innate immune responses may be impaired in asthma, although the mechanisms are not well understood.
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Genome-wide association study identifies five loci associated with lung functionPulmonary function measures are heritable traits that predict morbidity and mortality and define chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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Vector fields of risk: A new approach to the geographical representation of childhood asthmaOne of the major challenges in health studies with a spatial dimension is to produce valid and meaningful geographical representations of risk.
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Airway narrowing assessed by anatomical optical coherence tomography in vitro: dynamic airway wall morphology and functionPrevious histological and imaging studies have shown the presence of variability in the degree of bronchoconstriction of airways sampled at different locations.
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Distribution of airway narrowing responses across generations and at branching points, assessed in vitro by anatomical optical coherence tomographyPrevious histological and imaging studies have shown the presence of variability in the degree of bronchoconstriction of airways sampled at different locations.
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Overview of health issues in school-aged children with Down SyndromeOverview of Health Issues in School-aged Children with Down Syndrome