Mr. Fernando D Martinez M.D.
Pulmonologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Pulmonology
2916 E Broadway Blvd Tucson AZ, 85716About
Dr. Fernando Martinez practices Pediatric Pulmonology in Tucson, AZ. Dr. Martinez treats children who have breathing problems, or a problem with his or her lungs. Pediatric pulmonologists often treat children with chronic cough, difficulty breathing, recurring pneumonia, asthma, cystic fibrosis, apnea, chronic lung disease in premature infants, noisy breathing, and conditions that require special equipment to monitor and/or help with breathing at home.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Maturation of immune responses at the beginning of asthma.
- A Polymorphism* in the 5' flanking region of the CD14 gene is associated with circulating soluble CD14 levels and with total serum immunoglobulin E.
- Association of radiologically ascertained pneumonia before age 3 yr with asthmalike symptoms and pulmonary function during childhood: a prospective study.
- Influence of parental smoking on respiratory symptoms during the first decade of life: the Tucson Children's Respiratory Study.
- Total serum IgE and its association with asthma symptoms and allergic sensitization among children.
- Role of respiratory infection in onset of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Recognizing early asthma.
- Two subphenotypes of childhood asthma that differ in maternal and paternal influences on asthma risk.
- Respiratory syncytial virus in early life and risk of wheeze and allergy by age 13 years.
- Breast-feeding, maternal IgE, and total serum IgE in childhood.
- Role of microbial burden in aetiology of allergy and asthma.
- Serum total IgE levels and CD14 on chromosome 5q31.
- Present and future treatment of asthma in infants and young children.
- Familial aggregation and segregation analysis of eosinophil levels.
- A cluster of seven tightly linked polymorphisms in the IL-13 gene is associated with total serum IgE levels in three populations of white children.
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