Inflammation during pregnancy may increase asthma risk in offspring

PHOENIX — Elevated C-reactive protein levels, a marker of inflammation, in early and late pregnancy may increase risk for asthma in offspring, according to a study presented here.
Yih-Chieh Chen, MD, a third-year fellow in allergy and immunology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and colleagues sought to research the hypothesis that certain prenatal factors may influence childhood asthma risk in offspring. Their findings were presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.
“I am interested in the prenatal factors that may be associated with

PHOENIX — Elevated C-reactive protein levels, a marker of inflammation, in early and late pregnancy may increase risk for asthma in offspring, according to a study presented here.
Yih-Chieh Chen, MD, a third-year fellow in allergy and immunology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and colleagues sought to research the hypothesis that certain prenatal factors may influence childhood asthma risk in offspring. Their findings were presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.
“I am interested in the prenatal factors that may be associated with