1057 Wheezing pre-asthma phenotypes in pre-school children

Tuesday, 7 December 2010: 10:35 - 10:55
Robert Lemanske, M.D. , University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI

Learning Objectives:
To describe the various wheezing phenotypes and their relationship to asthma expression in later childhood

To explain what factors are most influential in early life that predict asthma risk in school-aged children

To consider the contribution of both genetic and environmental factors to childhood asthma