Association of Asthma with Serum IgE Levels and Skin-Test Reactivity to Allergens

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 320, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 271-277

  Burrows, Benjamin ^a   Martinez, Fernando D ^a   Halonen, Marilyn ^a   Barbee, Robert A ^a   Cline, Martha G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0024491638     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198902023200502     Document Type: Article

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