Background Currently, there are no reliable clinical tools available for predicting asthma in pre-school-aged children with recurrent wheezing. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of serum periostin, YKL-40, ...

Objective: Platelets play a role in the pathogenesis of inflammation beside hemostasis. Mean platelet volume (MPV) is used as a biomarker of platelet activation. Although the platelet's role in the pathogenesis of allergic ...

Background: Obese asthma is a complex syndrome with certain phenotypes that differ in children and adults. There is no clear evidence regarding the presence of additive or synergistic pathological interaction between obesity ...

Background: Terra firma‑forme dermatosis (TFFD) is a clinical condition that may be defined as a dirty appearance of skin. Although it has been defined for many years, its clinical value is not well known. Objective: We ...

Background: Allergic and autoimmune diseases are caused by an impaired immunological response resulting from different types of T-helper (Th) cells. Since the Th cell production is in a certain balance, an inverse relationship ...

Background: The presence of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in children with asthma may cause difficult to control asthma. Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of SDB in children with asthma, ...

Introduction and Objectives: Asthma may have a detrimental effect on school attendance and achievement. Friend relations, attendance to school activities, quality of life (QOL) of asthmatic children may be negatively ...

Background: Guidelines such as Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) recommend disease control as the mainstay of asthma management. Objective: To investigate which measure of asthma control best correlates with the GINA ...

Asthma is one of the most common medical conditions encountered during pregnancy, occurring in 3-8% of pregnant women [1-3]. Pregnancy may also be associated with changes in the course of asthma that were previously present, ...