DECEMBER 2003 QUIZ OF THE MONTH . . .
There has been considerable recent interest in determining risk factors for developing allergies and asthma in childhood. Determinants of whether asthma persists from childhood into adulthood have also been subjects of continued investigation. Based on the findings in these studies which one of the following statements is NOT true?
1. A history of previous or current asthma in the mother is a strong risk factor for asthma occurring in her children.
2. The more severe the asthma is during early childhood, the more likely the asthma will persist into adulthood.
3. The presence of concomitant atopic dermatitis is a strong predictor of asthma persisting past early childhood.
4. If childhood asthma remits during late childhood/early adolescence it rarely recurs at a later age.
5. Children who wheeze prominently during respiratory syncytial virus infections are more likely to develop asthma in later childhood.
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