Does atopy protect against enteric infections?

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-34

  Black, P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Atopy; Gastroenteritis; Oral tolerance

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; ATOPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; FOOD ALLERGY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; WHEEZING;

DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; HYGIENE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFECTION; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 12444263257     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2005.00697.x     Document Type: Review

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