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Title: Causal Direction between Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis and Asthma
Studied in Monozygotic Twins
Authors: Porntiva Poorisrisak, MD, a+b Liselotte Brydensholt Halkjaer, MD, PhD, a Simon
Francis Thomsen, MD, PhD, c Lone Graff Stensballe, MD, PhD, d Kirsten Ohm Kyvik, MD,
PhD, e Axel Skytthe MSci, PhD, f Peter Oluf Schioetz, MD, DMSci, g and Hans Bisgaard, MD,
DMSci a
Affiliations: a Danish Pediatric Asthma Center, Copenhagen University Hospital, Gentofte,
DK-2900, Denmark; b Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, DK-4700, Denmark;
c Department of Respiratory Medicine, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, DK-2400, Denmark;
d Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, DK-2300, Denmark; e Institute
of Regional Health Research and The Danish Twin Registry, University of Southern
Denmark, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark; f Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health and The
Danish Twin Registry, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark; and
g Danish Pediatric Asthma Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, DK-8200, Denmark
Correspondence: Hans Bisgaard, Danish Pediatric Asthma Center, Copenhagen University
Hospital, Gentofte, L213, Ledreborg alle 34, DK-2820 Copenhagen, Denmark. Telephone:
+45 3977 7360. Fax: +45 3977 7129. E-mail: Bisgaard@copsac.dk
Key words: Children; Follow-up Study; Respiratory Function Test.
Supported by MedImmune with an unrestricted institutional grant and The Danish Pediatric
Asthma Center.
Short running title: Twin study: Causal Direction between Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Bronchiolitis and Asthma
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