Severe episodic viral wheeze in preschool children High risk of asthma at age 5–10 years.PDF

Eur J Pediatr (2012) 171:947–954 DOI 10.1007/s00431-011-1663-7 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Severe episodic viral wheeze in preschool children: High risk of asthma at age 5–10 years Lucie Kappelle Paul L. P. Brand Received: 5 December 2011 /Accepted: 14 December 2011 /Published online: 11 January 2012 # The Author(s) 2012. This article is published with open access at S Abstract In population studies, most children with episodic Keywords Preschool wheeze . Asthma . Episodic viral viral wheeze (EVW) become symptom free by 6 years. We wheeze . Outcome .