Is allergy increasing? - Early life influences

Clinical and Experimental Allergy, Supplement

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2-7

  Howarth, P H ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy prevalence; Atopy; Cytokines; IgE levels; Infancy; Infections; Intrauterine; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; PREVALENCE; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0032424387     PISSN: 09602178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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