Serum IgE levels during the first 6 years of life

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 453-458

  Kulig, Michael ^a,b,c,d   Tacke, Uta ^a,b,c,d   Forster, Johannes ^a,b,c,d   Edenharter, Gunther ^a,b,c,d   Bergmann, Renate ^a,b,c,d   Lau, Susanne ^a,b,c,d   Wahn, Volker ^a,b,c,d   Zepp, Fred ^a,b,c,d   Wahn, Ulrich ^a,b,c,d  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033510735     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(99)70203-9     Document Type: Article

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