Role and interpretation of total serum IgE measurements in the diagnosis of allergic airway disease in adults

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 905-911

  Kerkhof, M ^a   Dubois, A E J ^b   Postma, D S ^b   Schouten, J P ^a   De Monchy, J G R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergy; General population; Predictive values; Skin prick tests; Specific IgE; Total serum IgE

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0042827271     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2003.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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