Intestinal inflammation in children with atopic eczema: Faecal eosinophil cationic protein and tumour necrosis factor-α as non-invasive indicators of food allergy

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-187

  Majamaa, H ^a   Miettinen, A ^b   Laine, S ^b   Isolauri, E ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atopic eczema; Cow's milk allergy; Eosinophil cationic protein; Intestinal inflammation; Tumour necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERITIS; EOSINOPHIL; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; FECES; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MILK HYPERSENSITIVITY; RIBONUCLEASES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0030046975     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00078.x     Document Type: Article

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