Children with severe asthma at increased risk of developing COPD

Sunday, May 16, 2010 - 17:00 in Health & Medicine

Children with severe asthma have more than 30 times the risk of developing adult chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) as adults compared to children without asthma, according to a prospective longitudinal cohort study from the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne.

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