Microbial stimulation as an aetiologic factor in atopic disease

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Supplement

Volumn 54, Issue 49, 1999, Pages 12-16

  Holt, P G ^a   Macaubas, C ^a   Prescott, S L ^a   Sly, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atopy; Childhood; Cytokines; Infancy; Infection; T helper cells; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC REACTION; ATOPY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VACCINATION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; CELL AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; PERINATAL CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0033048355     PISSN: 01081675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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