Erschienen in:
09.07.2016 | Scientific Letter
Gastro-esophageal Reflux Disease Associated Infantile Wheezing; Phenotype Characteristics and Effect of Antireflux Medications
verfasst von:
Ahmed Fathi Abdallah, Tarek El-Desoky, Khalid Fathi, Wagdy Fawzi Elkashef, Ahmed Zaki
Erschienen in:
Indian Journal of Pediatrics
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Ausgabe 12-13/2016
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Excerpt
To the Editor: Gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) is incriminated as one of the several causes of non-asthmatic wheezing in infants [
1]. GERD aggravates airway diseases
via direct micro-aspiration and neural mechanisms [
2,
3]. However, the presence of GERD in a wheezy infant may be a coincidence or secondary to wheezing and its medications [
4]. …