A randomized controlled trial of mite allergen-impermeable bed covers in adult mite-sensitized asthmatics

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1648-1653

  Luczynska, C ^a,b   Tredwell, E ^a   Smeeton, N ^a   Burney, P ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Capital House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Der p 1; Mite allergen avoidance; Peak flow; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BED; CAT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; BEDDING AND LINENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TICK CONTROL;

EID: 0346139488     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2003.01729.x     Document Type: Article

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