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Current Issue: Year: 2008 | April-June | Volume: 3 | Issue: 2
Editorial
Bronchial asthma in developing countries: A major social and economic burden
Al-Hajjaj Mohamed S
Bronchial asthma is a disease that is becoming a major health issue in many developing countries. Many factors may have contributed to the rise of the problem of bronchial asthma. Increasing air pollu...
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Original Article
Does consanguinity increase the risk of bronchial asthma in children?
El Mouzan Mohammad I, Al Salloum Abdullah A, Al Herbish Abdullah S, Al Omar Ahmad A, Qurachi Mansour M
It is generally believed that bronchial asthma is caused by the interaction between genetic susceptibility and environmental exposure. [1] Recent research on the genetics of asthma indicated that ther...
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Original Article
Validation of the Arabic version of the asthma control test
Lababidi H, Hijaoui A, Zarzour M
Asthma is a clinical diagnosis made by physicians on the basis of patient's medical history, physical examination, assessment of the reversibility of airway obstruction, and exclusion of alternative d...
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