Efficacy of house dust mite- and allergen-impermeable encasings in patients with house dust mite allergy;Wirksamkeit von hausstaubmilben- und allergendichten encasings bei patienten mit hausstaubmilbenallergie

Allergologie

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-34

  Ghazala, L ^a   Schmid, F ^a   Helbling, A ^a   Pichler, W J ^a   Pichler, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asthma; House dust mite allergy; Mattress encasings; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN DER F 1; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN DER P 1; HOUSE DUST MITE ALLERGEN GROUP 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGEN CONTENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BED; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FILTER; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; HYGROMETRY; INSTRUMENT; MALE; PERMEABILITY; PROTEIN CONTENT; RHINITIS; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM;

EID: 0842333893     PISSN: 03445062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/alp27026     Document Type: Article

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