Low-level exposure to house dust mites stimulates T-cell responses during early childhood independent of atopy

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 775-779

  Bjorksten B ^a   Holt, B J ^b   Baron Hay, M J ^b   Munir, A K M ^a   Holt, P G ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

allergens; allergy; children; house dust mites; prospective; T cell response

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; OVALBUMIN; TETANUS TOXOID;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0029832528     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00607.x     Document Type: Article

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