Does the severity of atopic dermatitis correlate with serum IgE levels?

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 86-88

  Laske, Nora ^a   Niggemann, Bodo ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Atopic dermatitis; Atopy; IgE; SCORAD

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ALLERGEN; FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; MALE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 1542268274     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0905-6157.2003.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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