Background For the diagnosis of asthma in young children, GPs have to rely on history taking
and physical examination, as spirometry is not possible. The additional diagnostic value of …

Background Retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness among patients with type 2
diabetes mellitus (DM). Hyperhomocysteinemia is a recently recognized risk factor for …

Background The Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALY) is a measure to prioritize in the public
health field. In the Netherlands, the DALY estimates are calculated since 1997 and are …

Background. A substantial number of adult patients with asthma are inadequately controlled
despite the availability of effective asthma treatment. Patients and physicians seem to …

Serologic IgE testing is generally performed using serum, obtained by venepuncture. We
tested whether paper‐absorbed and eluted capillary blood, obtained by a less invasive method …

To identify patterns of clinical history associated with extreme (high or low) probabilities of
allergic sensitization in coughing children so as to restrict allergy testing to those with an …

PURPOSE A substantial proportion of adult patients with asthma have inadequately
controlled symptoms despite the availability of effective treatment. The Asthma Control …

The aim of this study was to study whether young children, originally immunoglobulin E (IgE)
negative and who became sensitized to specific inhalation allergens, presented more …

… KOSTENSE1, 2, PETRA ED EYSINK1, BETTINE CP POLAK3, PIETER J. BEKS1, CORNELIS
… Petra van de Weg-Raaphorst and Ms. Wendy Guérand for their excellent laboratory …

3.1 Roken, werk en gezondheid 23 3.1. 1 Prevalentie en gezondheidsgevolgen van roken
23 3.1. 2 Roken en gezondheid van werknemers 23 3.1. 3 Roken en ziekteverzuim, …