Coincidence of immune-mediated diseases driven by TH1 and TH2 subsets suggests a common aetiology. A population-based study using computerized General Practice data

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-42

  Simpson, C R ^a   Anderson, W J A ^a   Helms, P J ^a   Taylor, M W ^a   Watson, L ^a   Prescott, G J ^a   Godden, D J ^b   Barker, R N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Diabetes; Eczema; Psoriasis; Rheumatoid arthritis; T helper cell

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; IMMUNE MEDIATED INJURY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SCOTLAND; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0036124607     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-0477.2001.01250.x     Document Type: Article

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