Bimodal skin reactivity to histamine in atopic children in Singapore: Influence of specific sensitizations

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 545-550

  Kidon, Mona Iancovici ^a   See, Yvonne ^a   Bun, Cheung Yin ^b   Goh, Anne ^a   Chay, Oh Moh ^a   Balakrishnan, Abhilash ^a  

^a KK Hospital   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aeroallergen; Children; Moulds; Sensitization; Tropical

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HISTAMINE;

AGE; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; CHINESE; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HISTAMINE SKIN RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; PASSIVE SMOKING; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SINGAPORE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AIR CONDITIONING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE; SKIN TESTS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 11144326246     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2004.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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