The effect of age on the relationship between birth order and immunoglobulin E sensitization

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 630-634

  Turner, S W ^a,b   Palmer, L J ^a   Gibson, N A ^a   Rye, P J ^a   Goldblatt, J ^a   Landau, L I ^a   Le Souef P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ABERDEEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Longitudinal study; Siblings; Skin prick positivity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SIBLING; SKIN TEST;

AGE OF ONSET; AGING; ALLERGENS; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; SIBLINGS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 20044395692     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2005.02229.x     Document Type: Article

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