Ascans-specific IgE and allergic sensitization in a cohort of school children in the former East Germany

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 414-420

  Dold, Sigrid ^a   Heinrich, Joachim ^a   Wichmann, Heinz Erich ^a,b   Wjst, Matthias ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Ascaris; Asthma; Helminthic infection; IgE; Parasites

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; CROSS REACTION; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; TOXOCARA;

EID: 0031680535     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(98)70129-0     Document Type: Article

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