Rationale: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) induces not only infantile recurrent wheezing
but also potentially atopic asthma. Objectives: To test the effect of RSV infection on …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Palivizumab effectively prevents severe respiratory
syncytial virus (RSV) disease in preterm infants. Our objective was to test whether palivizumab …

Activating mutations of the BRAF gene lead to constitutive activation of the MAPK pathway.
Although many human cancers carry the mutated BRAF gene, this mutation has not yet been …

Urothelial carcinoma (UC) of the lower urinary tract and prostatic carcinoma (PC) are
aggressive genitourinary cancers in dogs, characterized by invasion to surrounding tissues and …

BACKGROUND: In pediatrics, some patients with chronic cough who have no evidence of a
causative disease are diagnosed as having cough variant asthma (CVA). The precise …

Cough and sputum are common complaints at outpatient visits. In this digest version, we
provide a general overview of these two symptoms and discuss the management of acute (up to …

Background Cough variant asthma (CVA) is diagnosed in some children with chronic cough
who do not have wheezing. However, the precise mechanism of CVA in children is unclear. …

Most infants and preschool children are not able to voluntarily perform the physiological
maneuvers required to complete the pulmonary function tests that are used in adults and older …

Activating mutations of the BRAF gene lead to constitutive activation of the MAPK pathway.
The characterization and discovery of BRAF mutations in a variety of human cancers has led …

We evaluated the effects of a new semisynthetic macrolide antibiotic, roxithromycin, on the
bronchial hyperresponsiveness to histamine in children with asthma. Twelve hospitalized …