Reference values of total serum IgE and their significance in the diagnosis of allergy among the young adult Kuwaiti population

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 375-381

  Ezeamuzie, C I ^a   Al Ali, S F ^b   Al Dowaisan, A ^b   Khan, M ^b   Hijazi, Z ^b   Thomson, M S ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atopy; IgE; Kuwait; Reference values

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033007898     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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