Sensitization to Alternaria and Cladosporium by the age of 4 years

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 794-798

  Tariq, S M ^a   Matthews, S M ^a   Stevens, M ^a   Hakim, E A ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternaria; Cladosporium; moulds; sensitization; skin prick test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HISTAMINE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; CLADOSPORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDER; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; HOUSING; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SEX; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029816036     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00610.x     Document Type: Article

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