Relationship between helminthic infection and IgE response in atopic and nonatopic children in a tropical environment

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 101, Issue 2 I, 1998, Pages 217-221

  Lynch, Neil R ^a   Hagel, Isabel A ^a   Palenque, Miguel E ^b   Di Prisco, Maria C ^a   Escudero, Jaime E ^c   Alejandra Corao, L ^d   Sandia, J Alberto ^e   Ferreira, Lisbeth J ^e   Botto, Carlos ^e   Perez, Mireya ^d   Le Souef, Peter N ^f  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

^b FONDENE Edo   (Venezuela)

^c Hospital Miguel Perez Carreno   (Venezuela)

^d Hospital de Ninos J M de los Rios   (Venezuela)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergic disease; Ascaris lumbricoides; Atopy; Helminthic parasites; IgE

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ATOPY; CHILD; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAST CELL; POLYCLONAL ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

EID: 0031948359     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(98)70386-0     Document Type: Article

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