Association between neopterin in cord blood, urinary neopterin in early childhood and the development of atopic dermatitis, asthma and hay fever

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-16

  Horak, Elisabeth ^a   Murr, Christian ^b   Streif, Werner ^a   Schroecksnadel, Katharina ^b   Schennach, Harald ^c   Fuchs, Dietmar ^b  

^a University Hospital for Children and Adolescents   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atopic disease; Children; Neopterin; Th1 Th2 imbalance

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; NEOPTERIN;

AGE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; URINE LEVEL; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; NEOPTERIN; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 33645302392     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2005.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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