The development of childhood asthma: Lessons from the German Multicentre Allergy Study (MAS)

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 265-272

  Lau, Susanne ^a   Nickel, Renate ^a   Niggemann, Bodo ^a   Grüber, Christoph ^a   Sommerfeld, Christine ^a   Illi, Sabina ^a   Kulig, Michael ^a   Forster, Johannes ^a   Wahn, Ulrich ^a   Groeger, Marketa ^a   Zepp, Fred ^a   Kamin, Wolfgang ^a   Bieber, Imke ^a   Tacke, Uta ^a   Wahn, Volker ^a   Bauer, Carl Peter ^a   Bergmann, Renate ^a   Von Mutius, Erika ^a  

^a Charit Medical University   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chidhood asthma; Early infections; ETS; Mite and cat exposure; Prevention; Sensitisation

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AGE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIRTH; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CAT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SENSITIZATION; TH2 CELL; VACCINATION; WHEEZING;

EID: 18744375442     PISSN: 15260550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1526-0542(02)00189-6     Document Type: Review

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