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International Journal of Pediatrics & Neonatal Care Volume 2 (2016), Article ID 1:IJPNC-113, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2455-2364/2016/113
Research Article
Recurrent Chronic Cough, Wheeze and their Control without Corticosteroids in 1 to 5 Year-old Children

Kozo Yasui1,2*, Yoshiharu Nagaoka1,2, Kazunori Ogawa1, Shinji Itamura1, Masato Yashiro2 and Hideaki Ochi1

1Department of Pediatrics, Hiroshima-City hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
2Department of Pediatrics, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
Dr. Kozo Yasui, Department of Pediatrics, Hiroshima- City Hospital, Moto-Machi 7-33, Naka-Ku Hiroshima 730-8518, Japan, Tel: +81- 82-221-2291; E-mail: k-yasui@city-hosp.naka.hiroshima.jp
28 January 2016; 25 April 2016; 27 April 2016
Yasui K, Nagaoka Y, Ogawa K, Itamura S, Yashiro M, et al. (2016) Recurrent Chronic Cough, Wheeze and their Control without Corticosteroids in 1 to 5 Year-old Children. Int J Pediatr Neonat Care 2: 113. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2455-2364/2016/113

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