Implication of Cluster Analysis in Childhood Asthma

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
² Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. tbkim@amc.seoul.kr.

Editorial

Min Hye Kim et al. Allergy Asthma Immunol Res. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan;13(1):1-4.

doi: 10.4168/aair.2021.13.1.1.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
² Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. tbkim@amc.seoul.kr.

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Conflict of interest statement

There are no financial or other issues that might lead to conflict of interest.

Heterogeneity of Childhood Asthma in Korea: Cluster Analysis of the Korean Childhood Asthma Study Cohort.
Yoon J, Eom EJ, Kim JT, Lim DH, Kim WK, Song DJ, Yoo Y, Suh DI, Baek HS, Shin M, Kwon JW, Jang GC, Yang HJ, Lee E, Kim HS, Seo JH, Woo SI, Kim HY, Shin YH, Lee JS, Jung S, Han M, Yu J. Yoon J, et al. Allergy Asthma Immunol Res. 2021 Jan;13(1):42-55. doi: 10.4168/aair.2021.13.1.42. Allergy Asthma Immunol Res. 2021. PMID: 33191676 Free PMC article.

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