Higher risk of infantile atopic dermatitis from maternal atopy than from paternal atopy

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1992, Pages 762-766

  Ruiz, R G G ^a   Kemeny, D M ^a   Price, J F ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0026808420     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1992.tb02816.x     Document Type: Article

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