Recurrent wheezing in children linked to 'silent' viral infections (IMAGE)
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“We hope this discovery will stimulate further work in the treatment of recurrent wheeze and viral infections in children,” said researcher W. Gerald Teague, MD, a pediatric pulmonologist at UVA Health Children's and the University of Virginia School of Medicine. “The field has to get to away from overuse of potentially toxic steroids for the treatment of acute wheeze to include novel therapies which target specific patterns of inflammation.”
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