The value of a single skin prick testing for specific IgE Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus to distinguish atopy from non-atopic asthmatic children in the Tropics

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 69-74

  Santoso, Hendra ^a  

^a UDAYANA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPE; PRICK TEST; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN TEST; TROPICS; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUST; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; MALE; MITES; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN TESTS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0032441781     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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