Sensitization to mite allergens and acute asthma in a tropical environment

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 281-284

  Caraballo, L ^a,d   Puerta, L ^a   Fernandez Caldas E ^b   Lockey, R F ^c   Martinez B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

^b SA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d NONE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Acute asthma; Aeroallergens; Blomia tropicalis; Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; Domestic mites; Emergency room; Epidemiology; Immunoglobulin E

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAT; COCKROACH; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GRASS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; RAGWEED; SENSITIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ASTHMA; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0031736107     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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