Natural course of sensitization to food and inhalant allergens during the first 6 years of life

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1173-1179

  Kulig, Michael ^a,b   Bergmann, Renate ^b   Klettke, Uwe ^b   Wahn, Volker ^b   Tacke, Uta ^c   Wahn, Ulrich ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Incidence; Natural course of allergic sensitization; Prevalence; Specific sensitization

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

AGE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; EGG; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK ALLERGY; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0032838614     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(99)70195-8     Document Type: Article

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