The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 156, Issue 5 , Pages 777-781.e1 , May 2010

Association Between Peanut Allergy and Asthma Morbidity

  • Alyson B. Simpson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE
    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
    • ,
  • Ejaz Yousef, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE
    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ejaz Yousef, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Chief, Division of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, 1600 Rockland Road, Wilmington, DE 19803.
    • ,
  • Jobayer Hossain, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE

Received 15 June 2009 ,Revised 12 October 2009 ,Accepted 24 November 2009.

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 The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(09)01215-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.11.080

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 156, Issue 5 , Pages 777-781.e1 , May 2010

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