Cut-off values for total serum immunoglobulin E between non-atopic and atopic children in north-west Croatia

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 639-647

  Dodig, Slavica ^a   Richter, Darko ^a   Benko, Bojan ^b   Živčić, Jadranka ^a   Raos, Miljenko ^a   Nogalo, Boro ^a   Čepelak, Ivana ^c   Dodig, Matko ^d  

^a Pediatric Hospital Srebrnjak   (Croatia)

^b State Intellectual Property Office   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d T Mobile Hrvatska   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Child; Cut off values; Hypersensitivity; Immunoglobulin E (IgE); Receiver operating characterstic (ROC) curve

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 33646678214     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2006.092     Document Type: Article

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