Hay fever and predictive value of prick test and specific IgE antibodies: A prospective study in children

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 120-129

  Schäfer, Torsten ^a,b,c   Hoelscher, Bernd ^c   Adam, Horst ^c   Ring, Johannes ^b,c   Wichmann, H Erich ^c,d   Heinrich, Joachim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aeroallergens; Children; Cut off point; Diagnostic value; Epidemiology; Prick test; Sensitization; Specific IgE

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSITIZATION;

ALLERGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0038692144     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3038.2003.00024.x     Document Type: Article

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