Basophil count in neonates is not suitable for atopy predictivity

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 383-387

  Calbi, M ^a   Giacchetti, L ^a   Coppola, A ^b   Triggiani, M ^b  

^a Villa Bianca Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atopy; Basophils; Eosinophils; Histamine; IgE newborn

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPY; BASOPHIL; EOSINOPHIL; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; HISTAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS;

BASOPHILS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0030450625     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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