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Allergy Asthma Respir Dis. 2014 Jul;2(3):151-152. Korean.
Published online July 31, 2014.  https://doi.org/10.4168/aard.2014.2.3.151
© 2014 The Korean Academy of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease; The Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Asthma and psychological disorders
Young-Il Koh
Division of Allergy, Asthma, and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.

Correspondence to: Young-Il Koh. Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Medical School, 42 Jebong-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-757, Korea. Tel: +82-62-220-6580, Fax: +82-62-225-8578, Email: yikoh@jnu.ac.kr
Received July 07, 2014; Revised July 09, 2014; Accepted July 10, 2014.

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