Reciprocal age-related patterns of allergen-specific T-cell immunity in normal vs. atopic infants

Clinical and Experimental Allergy, Supplement

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 39-44

  Prescott, S L ^a   Macaubas, C ^a   Smallacombe, T ^a   Holt, B J ^a   Sly, P D ^a   Loh, R ^a   Holt, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 9;

AGE; ATOPY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 28944433292     PISSN: 09602178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.028s5039.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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