Validation of a screening questionnaire for atopy with serum IgE tests in a population of pregnant Dutch women

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 454-458

  Lakwijk, N ^a   Van Strien, R T ^a   Doekes, G ^a   Brunekreef, B ^a   Gerritsen, J ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergies; Atopy; Questionnaire; Sensitivity; Specific IgE; Specificity; Total IgE; Validation

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; ATOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031902368     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00254.x     Document Type: Article

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