Serum immunoglobulin E levels in Israeli-Ethiopian children: Environment and genetics

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 799-802

  Kidon, Mona Iancovici ^a,b,e   Stein, Miguel ^a,e   Geller Bernstein, Carmi ^a,e   Weisman, Ziva ^a,e   Steinberg, Shoshana ^b   Greenberg, Zalman ^c   Handzel, Zeev T ^a,e   Bentwich, Zvi ^a,d,e  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Helminths; Immunoglobulin E; Parasites

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EOSINOPHILIA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA E; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTESTINE PARASITE; ISRAEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENT; EOSINOPHILIA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ISRAEL; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 29444456123     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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