Skin prick tests with standardized extracts of inhalant allergens in 7099 adult patients with asthma or rhinitis: Cross-sensitizations and relationships to age, sex, month of birth and year of testing

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-46

  Eriksson, Nils E ^a   Holmén, Anders ^a  

^a HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Allergic rhinitis; Allergy; Asthma; Cross sensitization; Histamine; Month of birth; Sex; Skin test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HISTAMINE; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CAT; CROSS ALLERGY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DOG; FEMALE; HORSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0029864321     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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