Factors associated with the development of peanut allergy in childhood

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 977-985

  Lack, Gideon ^a   Fox, Deborah ^a   Northstone, Kate ^b   Golding, Jean ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS OIL; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATOPY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS ALLERGY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PEANUT ALLERGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RASH; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SKINFOLD; SOYBEAN; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; ECZEMA; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MILK HYPERSENSITIVITY; OINTMENTS; PEANUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOYBEAN PROTEINS;

EID: 0037434920     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa013536     Document Type: Article

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