Does caesarean section increase the risk of hospital care in childhood for asthma and gastroenteritis?
There is a significant increase of the risk for developing symptoms of asthma and/or gastroenteritis that motivates admission for hospital care in CS children older than 1 year. It is speculated that a disturbed intestinal colonization pattern in CS children may be a common pathogenic factor.
The approach described in this paper seems effective for identifying a tractable number of sequence motifs with putative regulatory role.