Contents : Lung function and development ; Basic mechanisms ; Epidemiology and natural history ; Risk factors ; Development and course of asthma ; Chronic asthma in children under 5 years of age ; Chronic asthma in children between 5 and 18 years of age ; Pharmacologic management of asthma in infants and small children ; Acute asthma in children and adolescents ; Exercise-induced asthma ; Upper…