Infection, early birth linked to asthma

Chorioamnionitis combined with premature birth increases the risk that a child will develop asthma, a report shows. The factors nearly double the risk for an African American child. An infection of the uterine cavity during pregnancy combined with premature birth doubles the risk that an African American child will develop asthma, researchers have found. The combination also increases risk for some other ethnicities,...

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