Abstract

Introduction Childhood asthma has been reported to disappear in adolescence in 10%-30% of patients in several selected populations. 1,2 The reasons for this disappearance are not understood. Although assumptions are often made that other atopic diseases (hay fever, perennial allergic rhinitis, atopic eczema, urticaria) parallel the behavior of asthma in respect to regression during adolescence, no studies are found which illuminate this possibility. Determining the course of allergic diseases in children is complicated. Because atopic diseases are extremely common causes of morbidity and chronic disability in infants and children, 3-6 it seems important to determine also the course of allergic diseases in the adolescent period of these allergic children. It would be valuable to know if there are factors involving the patient or clues from his family history from which one might predict this course. This study was a continuation of the survey of students in the Denver Public Schools

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