PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE ED - , TI - Asthma in the preschool child AID - 10.1136/dtb.26.6.21 DP - 1988 Mar 21 TA - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin PG - 21--24 VI - 26 IP - 6 4099 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/26/6/21.short 4100 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/26/6/21.full SO - Drug Ther Bull1988 Mar 21; 26 AB - We recently discussed the difficulties in managing wheezy infants.1 Drug therapy for asthma is more effective in 1–5 year olds than in infants, but often the diagnosis is not suspected and effective treatment therefore not prescribed.