Listening to mozart reduces allergic skin wheal responses and in vitro allergen-specific ige production in atopic dermatitis patients with latex allergy

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-19

  Kimata, Hajime ^a  

^a Uji Takeda Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Latex allergy; Latex specific IgE; Listening to Mozart; Skin wheal response

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; CYTOKINE; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; OXATOMIDE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MUSIC; MUSIC THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SKIN ALLERGY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; URTICARIA;

ADULT; AROUSAL; CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTRADERMAL TESTS; LATEX; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC THERAPY; PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; URTICARIA;

EID: 0842305639     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: 19404026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08964280309596170     Document Type: Article

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