High prevalence of sensitization to cat allergen among Japanese children with asthma, living without cats

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 754-761

  Ichikawa, K ^a,b,c   Iwasaki, E ^a   Baba, M ^a   Chapman, M D ^b  

^a Doai Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Cat allergen; Environmental allergen; IgE antibody

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SENSITIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0033067776     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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