Intestinal microbiota and its effect on the immune system - A nested case-cohort study on prevention of atopy among small children in Trondheim: The IMPACT study

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 389-395

  Øien, Torbjørn ^a   Storrø, Ola ^a   Johnsen, Roar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Allergic disease; Atopy; Children; Gut microbiota; Immune system; Nested case cohort study

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DNA 16S; LIQUID NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; ATOPY; BIOLOGY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; STIMULATION; STORAGE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VENOUS BLOOD;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINES; LACTOBACILLUS; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33745229332     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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