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The authors would like to thank all families for participating in the study, along with our study nurses Christine Becher, Monika Graf, Barbara Hofer, Sandra Lüscher, Fabienne Furrer, Sybille Thommen, Bettina Vessaz, and Linda Beul-Béguin (all Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, University Children’s Hospital, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland), as well as Maya Weber, Kathrin Gerber-Windisch, Amelia Imolesi, Karine Landgren Hugentobler (all University Children’s Hospital Basel (UKBB), Basel, Switzerland) for their support; Tatjana Netz and Isolde Schleich for laboratory support; and Isaac Gravestock for his help in statistics. This study was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation grant 320030_163311.
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Fabienne Decrue1,2, Urs Frey1,2, Oliver Fuchs1,2,5, Amanda Gisler1,2, Olga Gorlanova1,2, Insa Korten1,2, Claudia Kühni1,2,6, Johanna Kurz1,2, Philipp Latzin1,2, Loretta Müller1,2, Marc-Alexander Oestreich1,2, Martin Röösli1,2,7, Yasmin Salem Mahmoud1,2, Andras Laszlo Soti1,2, Jakob Usemann1,2, Corin Willers1,2 and Sophie Yammine1,2
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Soti, A.L., Usemann, J., Schaub, B. et al. Can biomarkers in umbilical cord blood predict atopic disease at school age?. Pediatr Res 89, 389–392 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-019-0686-z
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