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Ben Spycher

Research Fellow, University of Bern
Verified email at ispm.unibe.ch
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Breastfeeding and childhood asthma: systematic review and meta-analysis

…, AM Pescatore, BD Spycher… - American journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Asthma and wheezing disorders are common chronic health problems in childhood. Breastfeeding
provides health benefits, but it is not known whether or how breastfeeding decreases …

Clinical manifestations in primary ciliary dyskinesia: systematic review and meta-analysis

…, C Casaulta, M Jurca, BD Spycher… - European …, 2016 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Few original studies have described the prevalence and severity of clinical symptoms of
primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD). This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to identify all …

Phenotypes of childhood asthma: are they real?

BD Spycher, M Silverman… - Clinical & Experimental …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
… (b) a hypothetical population in which these features have the same prevalence but are totally
independent. The prevalences (p b ) in (b) … with each other, eg p b (Current wheeze, BHR …

Health and welfare of dairy cows in different husbandry systems in Switzerland

G Regula, J Danuser, B Spycher, B Wechsler - Preventive veterinary …, 2004 - Elsevier
Our objective was to compare health and welfare of dairy cows kept in three types of husbandry
systems: (1) tie stalls with regular exercise in summer but minimal outdoor access during …

[HTML][HTML] Does pet ownership in infancy lead to asthma or allergy at school age? Pooled analysis of individual participant data from 11 European birth cohorts

…, A von Berg, E Eller, A Høst, C Kuehni, B Spycher… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Objective To examine the associations between pet keeping in early childhood and asthma
and allergies in children aged 6–10 years. Design Pooled analysis of individual participant …

Alveolarization continues during childhood and adolescence: new evidence from helium-3 magnetic resonance

…, KS Panesar, CE Kuehni, BD Spycher… - American journal of …, 2012 - atsjournals.org
… JO-B. had overall responsibility for the 3 He MR measurements. CSB had overall … MS,
JO-B., CSB, and CEK planned the study. All authors contributed to the different drafts of the …

Distinguishing phenotypes of childhood wheeze and cough using latent class analysis

BD Spycher, M Silverman, AM Brooke… - European …, 2008 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… Wheeze ever was more common than in phenotype B but considerably less common
than in phenotypes C, D and E. FEV 0.5 values tended to be slightly lower and bronchial …

Neonatal sepsis of early onset, and hospital-acquired and community-acquired late onset: a prospective population-based cohort study

…, KM Posfay-Barbe, U Heininger, BD Spycher… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
… Kaplan-Meier curves for time to death within 30 days of onset of A, EOS, hospital-acquired
LOS and community-acquired LOS, and in different gestational age groups for B, EOS, and C, …

[HTML][HTML] Meta-analysis identifies seven susceptibility loci involved in the atopic march

…, A Bauerfeind, DP Strachan, BD Spycher… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Eczema often precedes the development of asthma in a disease course called the ‘atopic
march’. To unravel the genes underlying this characteristic pattern of allergic disease, we …

Pesticides drive risk of micropollutants in wastewater-impacted streams during low flow conditions

…, M Reyes, U Schönenberger, HP Singer, B Spycher… - Water Research, 2017 - Elsevier
… Seasonal patterns of a) terbutylazine concentration, plotted from site 13 to 24 for each month
from March 2014 to January 2015, b) effluent loads of pharmaceuticals and personal care …