TY - CHAP AU - T. Negoro AU - Y. Yamamoto AU - S. Shimizu AU - A. H. Banham AU - G. Roncador AU - H. Wakabayashi AU - T. Osabe AU - T. Yanai AU - H. Akiyama AU - K. Itabashi AU - Y. Nakano ED - Elizabeth Sapey Y1 - 2012-02-29 PY - 2012 T1 - Immune Mechanisms of Childhood Asthma N2 - Asthma remains a serious health concern for millions of people globally. Despite continuing research interest, there have been few advancements that impact clinically on patient care, potentially because asthma has been treated as a homogeneous entity, rather than the heterogeneous condition it is. This book introduces cutting-edge research, which targets specific phenotypes of asthma, highlighting the differences that are present within this disease, and the varying approaches that are utilized to understand it. BT - Bronchial Asthma SP - Ch. 4 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/29257 DO - 10.5772/29257 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-18 ER -