Specific IgE levels do not indicate persistence or transience of food allergy in children with atopic dermatitis

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 98-103

  Niggemann, Bodo ^a,b   Celik Bilgili, S ^a   Ziegert, M ^a   Reibel, S ^a   Sommerfeld, C ^a   Wahn, U ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Atopy patch test; Children; Cow milk; DBPCFC; Food challenge; Hen egg; Re challenge; Sensitization; Specific IgE

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CHILD; COUNSELING; EGG; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; HEN; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; PATCH TEST; PRICK TEST; SCORING SYSTEM;

DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EGG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MILK HYPERSENSITIVITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; WHEAT HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 3342879462     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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