The natural course of atopic dermatitis from birth to age 7 years and the association with asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 925-931

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

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Dr Von Haunerches Kinderspital ^*

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopic dermatitis; Atopic march; Childhood; Natural course; Prognosis; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BIRTH; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; NEWBORN; PARENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; RISK; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WHEEZING;

EID: 2342541669     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2004.01.778     Document Type: Article

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