Allergen-induced cytokine production, atopic disease, IgE, and wheeze in children

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1072-1077

  Contreras, J Paola ^a   Ly, Ngoc P ^a,b   Gold, Diane R ^a   He, Hongzhen ^a   Wand, Mathew ^c   Weiss, Scott T ^a   Perkins, David L ^a   Platts Mills, Thomas A E ^d   Finn, Patricia W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Atopy; Children; Cockroach; Cytokines; Dust mite; IFN ; IL 13

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CYTOKINE; EGG WHITE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CAT; CHILD; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEEZING;

EID: 0347626027     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2003.08.036     Document Type: Article

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