Epidemiology of alternaria alternata allergy: A prospective study in 6840 Italian asthmatic children

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 289-294

  Cantani, A ^a   Ciaschi, V ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Altenaria alternata; Asthma; Children; Epidemiology; Family history; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; KETOTIFEN; NEDOCROMIL SODIUM;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN TEST;

AGE FACTORS; ALLERGENS; ALTERNARIA; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 13844302025     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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