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Medical Author:

Irina Petrache, MD

Medical Author:

Catherine Sears, MD

Medical Editor:

William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR

William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR

Dr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.

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Author: Irina Petrache, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Indiana University and Catherine Sears, MD, Pulmonary Fellow, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Indiana University.

Editor: William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR

Previous contributing editors:

Editors: Ryland P Byrd Jr, MD, Chief of Pulmonary Medicine, Medical Director of Respiratory Therapy, Quillen VA Medical Center; Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, James H Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University; Mary L Windle, Pharm D, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine.com, Inc; Zab Mosenifar, MD, Director, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Executive Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Professor of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine.

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Murphy, V.E., V.L. Clifton, and P.G. Gibson. "Asthma Exacerbations During Pregnancy: Incidence and Association with Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes." Thorax 61 (2006): 169-176.

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