International Consensus On Pediatric Asthma

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POSITION PAPER

International consensus on (ICON) pediatric asthma
N. G. Papadopoulos1, H. Arakawa2, K.-H. Carlsen3, A. Custovic4, J. Gern5, R. Lemanske6,
P. Le Souef7, M. Makela8, G. Roberts9, G. Wong10, H. Zar11, C. A. Akdis12, L. B. Bacharier13,
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E. Baraldi14, H. P. van Bever15, J. de Blic16, A. Boner17, W. Burks18, T. B. Casale19,
J. A. Castro-Rodriguez20, Y. Z. Chen21,Y. M. El-Gamal22, M. L. Everard23, T. Frischer24, M. Geller25,
J. Gereda26, D. Y. Goh27, T. W. Guilbert28, G. Hedlin29, P. W. Heymann30, S. J. Hong31,
E. M. Hossny32, J. L. Huang33, D. J. Jackson34, J. C. de Jongste35, O. Kalayci36, N. Aıt-Khaled37,
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S. Kling38, P. Kuna39, S. Lau40, D. K. Ledford41, S. I. Lee42, A. H. Liu43, R. F. Lockey44,
K. Lødrup-Carlsen45, J. Lotvall46, A. Morikawa47,A. Nieto48, H. Paramesh49, R. Pawankar50,
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P. Pohunek51, J. Pongracic52, D. Price53, C. Robertson54, N. Rosario55, L. J. Rossenwasser56,
P. D. Sly57, R. Stein58, S. Stick59, S. Szefler60, L. M. Taussig61, E. Valovirta62, P. Vichyanond63,
D. Wallace64, E. Weinberg65, G. Wennergren66, J. Wildhaber67 & R. S. Zeiger68
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Department of Allergy, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, University of Athens, Athens,Greece; 2Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine,
Gunma University, Gunma, Japan; 3Department of Pediatrics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; 4Respiratory Research Group,
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK; 5Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin
Medical School, Madison, WI, USA; 6Division of Pediatric Allergy,Immunology, and Rheumatology, University of Wisconsin School of
Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA; 7School of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Princess Margaret
Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia; 8Pediatric Unit, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; 9Academic Unit of Human
Development and Health, Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust,Southampton, UK; 10Department of Pediatrics, Chinese University of
Hong Kong, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, SAR, China; 11Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital,
University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; 12Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), Davos, Switzerland; 13Division
of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine, Departmentof Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine and St
Louis Children’s Hospital, St Louis, MO, USA; 14Department of Pediatrics, Unit of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, University of Padova,
Padova, Italy; 15Department of Paediatrics, Children’s Medical Institute, National University Hospital, National University Health System,
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Singapore, Singapore; 16Universite Paris Descartes,Assistance Publique des Hopitaux de Paris, Service de Pneumologie et Allergologie
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Pediatriques, Paris, France; 17Department of Paediatrics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy; 18Division of Allergy and Immunology,
Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; 19Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of
Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USA;20School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; 21Capital
Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China; 22Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Unit, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; 23Department of
Respiratory Medicine, Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Western Bank, Sheffield, UK; 24University Children’s Hospital Vienna, Vienna, Austria;
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Geller Allergy and ImmunologyClinic, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 26Department of Allergy and Immunology, Clinica Ricardo Palma, Lima, Peru;
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Department of Paediatrics, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore; 28School of Medicine and Public Health, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA; 29Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; 30Asthma and
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