Umbilical cord blood mononuclear cell proliferative response to house dust mite does not predict the development of allergic rhinitis and asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 2 I, 1999, Pages 317-321

  Chan Yeung, Moira ^a,c   Ferguson, Alexander ^a   Chan, Henry ^a   Dimich Ward, Helen ^a   Watson, Wade ^b   Manfreda, Jure ^b   Becker, Allan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Development of asthma and allergic diseases; House dust mite; Mononuclear cell proliferation

Indexed keywords

COTININE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SMOKING HABIT; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0032827182     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(99)70373-8     Document Type: Article

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