Sensitization to hen's egg at the age of twelve months is predictive for allergic sensitization to common indoor and outdoor allergens at the age of three years

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 613-617

  Nickel, Renate ^a,e   Kulig, Michael ^b   Forster, Johannes ^c   Bergmann, Renate ^a   Bauer, Carl Peter ^d   Lau, Susanne ^a   Guggenmoos Holzmann, Irene ^b   Wahn, Ulrich ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atopy; food allergens; infancy; inhalant allergens; Prediction; risk factors

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030945567     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(97)70021-6     Document Type: Article

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