Total and allergen-specific IgE levels in serum reflect blood eosinophilia and fractional exhaled nitric oxide concentrations but not pulmonary functions in allergic asthmatic children sensitized to house dust mites

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 475-481

  Sacco, Oliviero ^a   Sale, Rosa ^a   Silvestri, Michela ^a   Serpero, Laura ^a   Sabatini, Federica ^a   Raynal, Maria E ^a   Biraghi, Maurizio ^b   Rossi, Giovanni A ^a,b  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Valeas SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Allergic inflammation; Atopy

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SENSITIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EOSINOPHILIA; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ITALY; LUNG; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0346103749     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0905-6157.2003.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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