Clustering of allergic outcomes within families and households in areas endemic for helminth infections

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 356-364

  Wahyuni, Sitti ^a,c   Sartono, Erliyani ^c   Supali, Taniawati ^b   Van Der Zee, Jaring S ^d   Mangali, Andarias ^a   Van Ree, Ronald ^e   Houwing Duistermaat, Jeanine J ^c   Yazdanbakhsh, Maria ^c  

^a HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e SANQUIN RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clustering of allergy; Helminth; IgE; Skin prick test

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FILARIA; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HEREDITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MITE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; TISSUE REACTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRUGIA MALAYI; FILARIASIS; GENETICS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TH2 CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 18244370285     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084255     Document Type: Article

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