Eosinophil protein X and eosinophil cationic protein as indicators of intestinal inflammation in infants with atopic eczema and food allergy

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1502-1506

  Majamaa, H ^a,b   Laine, S ^b   Miettinen, A ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atopic eczema; Eosinophil cationic protein; Eosinophil protein X; Food allergy; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENTERITIS; EOSINOPHIL; FECES; FEMALE; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MONITORING; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PROTEINS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DIET; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; EOSINOPHIL-DERIVED NEUROTOXIN; EOSINOPHILS; FECES; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINES; RIBONUCLEASES;

EID: 0032708216     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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