Children at risk for asthma: Home allergen levels, lymphocyte proliferation, and wheeze

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 933-942

  Finn, Patricia W ^a,b   Boudreau, Jacques O ^a   He, Hongzhen ^a   Wang, Yunsheng ^a   Chapman, Martin D ^c   Vincent, Carey ^a   Burge, Harriet A ^a   Weiss, Scott T ^a,b   Perkins, David L ^a   Gold, Diane R ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Bla g 2; Children; Cockroach; Derf 1; Fel d 1; Home allergen levels; Proliferation; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COCKROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; WHEEZING;

EID: 0034074408     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2000.106546     Document Type: Article

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