Diagnosis of allergy syndromes: Do symptoms always mean allergy?

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Supplement

Volumn 60, Issue 79, 2005, Pages 6-9

  Eigenmann, Philippe A ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Hopital des Enfants Hopitaux universitaires de Geneve   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allergy; Diagnosis; Immunoglobulin E; Recommendations; Testing

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ALLERGY TEST; ANAMNESIS; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; COOPERATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 20344386993     PISSN: 01081675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2005.00850.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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