Low breast milk IgA and high blood eosinophil count in breast-fed newborns determine higher risk for developing atopic eczema after an 18-month follow-up

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 161-164

  Calbi, M ^a   Giacchetti, L ^a  

^a Villa Bianca Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atopic eczema; Breast feeding; Eosinophil count; Family history of atopy; IgA breast milk

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHIL; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LINEAR MODELS; MILK PROTEINS; MILK, HUMAN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031877187     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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