Immediate skin reactivity to histamine and to allergens in cohorts of 9-year-old schoolchildren studied 16 years apart

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1232-1237

  Ronchetti, Roberto ^a,b   Villa, M P ^a   Pagani, J ^a   Martella, S ^a   Guglielmi, F ^a   Paggi, B ^a   Bohmerova, Z ^a   Falasca, C ^a   Barreto, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Skin allergen reactivity; Skin histamine reactivity; Skin prick test specific IgE relationship

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; ITALY; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SENSITIZATION; STUDENT T TEST; URTICARIA;

ALLERGENS; ALTERNARIA; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASPERGILLUS; CATS; CHILD; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ITALY; MALE; OLEA; PARIETARIA; POA; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SKIN; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0042736619     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01746.x     Document Type: Article

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